By Jonathan Grass | jgrass@al.com
on June 25, 2015 at 8:06 PM, updated June 27, 2015 at 8:53 AM

Limestone County sheriff's deputies say a domestic incident in Elkmont ended with several dead chickens and a young man in jail.



Haden Smith (Limestone County Sheriff's Office)

The charges are against 18-year-old Haden Smith. Deputies say Smith's mother called them after he sent her threatening texts and killed her chickens. Deputies say Smith texted her Thursday morning saying he would kill a chicken every fifteen minutes unless she contacted his girlfriend's parents and mended his relationship with his girlfriend.

He gave her a deadline of noon until the chicken massacre started, deputies say. He also threatened to burn her house down, kill any responding deputies and kill himself, according to the sheriff's office.

Smith killed six chickens before he was arrested. He texted his mother photos of a dead chicken every fifteen minutes, deputies say. ... Smith was arrested and charged with third-degree domestic violence and third-degree criminal mischief.