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We may be losing farmers at a pretty scary rate, but we can add one more to the ranks once his football career is over: Super Bowl winner and Denver Broncos' linebacker Von Miller.
According to Yahoo! Sports, Miller—who’s 26 and studied poultry science at Texas A&M—has a small chicken coop in his 3,000-square-foot backyard, which houses about 40 to 50 birds. (Roosters are his favorite.) He flew out to Valencia, California, to shadow chicken farmers, which you can check out in this Sports Illustrated video below.
On how get got interested in poultry farming, Miller tells SI, “I needed two easy credits for the semester, and I was like, put me in the chicken class. At first I used to fall asleep, I just was not into the class, but my professor, Dr. [Morgan] Farnell, he’s a huge catalyst about why I’m so passionate about it now. He was just not going to settle for me sleeping through the class. After a while, I became more and more interested.”
Miller will join the ranks of Jason Brown and Jordy Nelson, plus baseball players Wade Davis and Ross Ohlendorf, who’ve trade the playing field for the farm field in the offseason or in retirement. And, if Miller’s Instagram and tattoos are any indication, we think he’s pretty serious about it! (Now, to get him to post an #iamamodernfarmer photo, right?)
“Chicken Fred” S/O josh!
A photo posted by Von Miller (@millerlite40) on May 8, 2013 at 8:55pm PDT
Real talk!!! Lol the real deal.. 🐓🐓🐓
A photo posted by Von Miller (@millerlite40) on Oct 23, 2015 at 7:52pm PDT
Me in 30yrs lol
A photo posted by Von Miller (@millerlite40) on Jan 14, 2015 at 8:41pm PST
Green eggs and ham anyone? 😎🐓
A photo posted by Von Miller (@millerlite40) on Oct 23, 2015 at 10:31pm PDT
8 weeks.. I’m on the way.. Hol up, we dem boys! Hol hol hol up
A photo posted by Von Miller (@millerlite40) on Mar 6, 2014 at 5:23pm PST
Saturday Football!! Lol @vinsmiller1 @therealcamzilla @jcrosslife @lendell1990 @mraohotboy
A video posted by Von Miller (@millerlite40) on Dec 12, 2015 at 1:23pm PST
Thanks to guys!! 🐓#dope
A photo posted by Von Miller (@millerlite40) on Oct 23, 2015 at 10:32pm PDT
