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CHICKENS

tree said:
When someone gave me several pounds of white spaghetti
because she didn't want to eat wheat anymore, I found out
that cooking the spaghetti wasn't necessary. Just soaking it
in water will do.

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Nice clip Tree :) you may be on to some thing home made feed could be made with a food mill and dried for winter use....pear cactus may make a excilent noodle binder....I have plans to test it this summer.

Dried fish is the key..Vitamin D...if I can find that I can make my own chicken feed cheap. or Quail feed:D
 
When I disposed of the remains of the senior rooster,
it was rather strange. All that was left [from whatever
found his body after he died, and then ate him]
was wings and feet.

Connected.

So....it was like a cape. With feet.
 
Which came first the Chicken or the Egg? People have been pondering that question for a long long time.
 
tree said:
When I disposed of the remains of the senior rooster,
it was rather strange. All that was left [from whatever
found his body after he died, and then ate him]
was wings and feet.

Connected.

So....it was like a cape. With feet.
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Sounds like a Racoon got him you may have to tighten defences on the chicken coop
 
Maelstrom said:
Sounds like a Racoon got him you may have to tighten defences on the chicken coop
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No, he was dead to begin with.
He died in the coop from tearing one of his spurs off.
I had laid his body down out side the coop, in front
of the barn.

And then something, probably a possum dragged the
body into the barn.

Which I didn't know for awhile because I don't need
to use the light to get the feed. But, there was the
evidence, that day when I wanted to smash cans---I
turned on the light to do that.

It was sort of reassuring to find the remains. That meant
the animal that scavenged the body was not so large
that it could carry off a big rooster without a trace.
 
tree said:
No, he was dead to begin with.
He died in the coop from tearing one of his spurs off.
I had laid his body down out side the coop, in front
of the barn.

And then something, probably a possum dragged the
body into the barn.

Which I didn't know for awhile because I don't need
to use the light to get the feed. But, there was the
evidence, that day when I wanted to smash cans---I
turned on the light to do that.

It was sort of reassuring to find the remains. That meant
the animal that scavenged the body was not so large
that it could carry off a big rooster without a trace.
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Okay I didn't know spurs coming off could kill a chicken, I have a roster with a long spur that needs to be trimmed...any ideas?
 
Maelstrom

I used to trim goat hooves.
There are similar issues involved, as far as
dealing with the quick.
I have never trimmed any chicken's spurs.

This article * is better than most I have read.
When I say the rooster's spur broke off, I don't
mean the sheath. It wasn't like a sheath of a cat's
claw that comes loose when they dig on a post/your chair.

It snapped off.
I think he may have had a stroke after that.
It happened during the night.
When I found him the next morning, he was laid out like
a rubber chicken. I thought he was dead. But then he
recovered somewhat and sat up for awhile.
And eventually died.

*
https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/home/rooster-spurs-trimming-and-removing

Dog people use a dremmel to trim dog claws.
As I say, I have not ever tried to trim any chickens spurs.
 
tree said:
Maelstrom

I used to trim goat hooves.
There are similar issues involved, as far as
dealing with the quick.
I have never trimmed any chicken's spurs.

This article * is better than most I have read.
When I say the rooster's spur broke off, I don't
mean the sheath. It wasn't like a sheath of a cat's
claw that comes loose when they dig on a post/your chair.

It snapped off.
I think he may have had a stroke after that.
It happened during the night.
When I found him the next morning, he was laid out like
a rubber chicken. I thought he was dead. But then he
recovered somewhat and sat up for awhile.
And eventually died.

*
https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/home/rooster-spurs-trimming-and-removing

Dog people use a dremmel to trim dog claws.
As I say, I have not ever tried to trim any chickens spurs.
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Thank you tree , I will have to think about it a bit, looks like a real ordeal to do, am not sure my old rooster would survive the stress....or me either:rolleyes:
 
My friend sent me this video.

Conversation after the video =

ME:
That was rather strange.

The dog...I wdn't call 'hypnotized.'
I'd call the dog 'trained.'

She did the chicken a little differently from what
I expected. Normally to hypnotize a chicken, you
work on the head, upright. Draw your fingers along
a line in front of its eyes.

I am glad the dog didn't eat the frog.
Or anybody else.

HER:
Yeah, the dog didn't impress me. Frog did.

What is wrong with this sentence?

"Normally to hypnotize a chicken, you
work on the head, upright."

Give up?

What is normal about hypnotizing a
chicken? How often is that actually
necessary and why?

ME:
My mother had hundreds of chickens.
A remark like 'normally to hypnotize a chicken' is
regular sounding to me.

To hypnotize a chicken, a person usually gets the bird
focused looking straight ahead. That little girl putting the
chicken on its back was a little unusual, I thought.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_hypnotism
http://www.wikihow.com/Hypnotize-a-Chicken Illustrated with drawings.

My mother knew how.
I don't remember whether she ever demonstrated.
It is/was a 'common knowledge' sort of thing.
cleardot.gif
 
tree said:
My friend sent me this video.

Conversation after the video =

ME:
That was rather strange.

The dog...I wdn't call 'hypnotized.'
I'd call the dog 'trained.'

She did the chicken a little differently from what
I expected. Normally to hypnotize a chicken, you
work on the head, upright. Draw your fingers along
a line in front of its eyes.

I am glad the dog didn't eat the frog.
Or anybody else.

HER:
Yeah, the dog didn't impress me. Frog did.

What is wrong with this sentence?

"Normally to hypnotize a chicken, you
work on the head, upright."

Give up?

What is normal about hypnotizing a
chicken? How often is that actually
necessary and why?

ME:
My mother had hundreds of chickens.
A remark like 'normally to hypnotize a chicken' is
regular sounding to me.

To hypnotize a chicken, a person usually gets the bird
focused looking straight ahead. That little girl putting the
chicken on its back was a little unusual, I thought.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_hypnotism
http://www.wikihow.com/Hypnotize-a-Chicken Illustrated with drawings.

My mother knew how.
I don't remember whether she ever demonstrated.
It is/was a 'common knowledge' sort of thing.
cleardot.gif
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Well tree any way you slice it there are some vets who might like to hire her to hold the animals on their table.
 
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
you who kill the prophets
and stone those sent to you,
how often I have longed to gather
your children together,
as a hen gathers her chicks
under her wings,
but you were not willing.”
– Jesus (Matt 23:37)
 
tree said:
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
you who kill the prophets
and stone those sent to you,
how often I have longed to gather
your children together,
as a hen gathers her chicks
under her wings,
but you were not willing.”
– Jesus (Matt 23:37)
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???????????
 
Here follows 3 additional remarks in which chickens are featured.
Fiction, observation illustrating behavior, and a thought about a life pursuit.
======================================================
“Isn't Bunson's training evil geniuses?"
"Yes, mostly."
"Well, is that wise? Having a mess of seedling evil geniuses falling in love with you willy-nilly? What if they feel spurned?"

"Ah, but in the interim, think of the lovely gifts they can make you. Monique bragged that one of her boys made her silver and wood hair sticks as anti-supernatural weapons. With amethyst inlay. And another made her an exploding wicker chicken."
"Goodness, what's that for?"

Dimity pursed her lips. "Who doesn't want an exploding wicker chicken?”
― Gail Carriger, Etiquette & Espionage
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“Shoving feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.”
― Brad Pitt
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“If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens.”
― Grandma Moses

:babychick::chicken::hatchedchick:
 
You find the most interesting things tree ,you are a bit of a riddle to me...are you a mysterious writer hiding out in the woods with a second computer screen aimed at aspie land to get inspiration from us fellow mutants???

Well back to my Japanese Quail :bird: chickens, Sigh! I hope I at least a matching pair so I can hatch some more, I think my egg hatcher was 5 degrees too low. :confused: Humbug!
 
tree said:
Here follows 3 additional remarks in which chickens are featured.
Fiction, observation illustrating behavior, and a thought about a life pursuit.
======================================================
“Isn't Bunson's training evil geniuses?"
"Yes, mostly."
"Well, is that wise? Having a mess of seedling evil geniuses falling in love with you willy-nilly? What if they feel spurned?"

"Ah, but in the interim, think of the lovely gifts they can make you. Monique bragged that one of her boys made her silver and wood hair sticks as anti-supernatural weapons. With amethyst inlay. And another made her an exploding wicker chicken."
"Goodness, what's that for?"

Dimity pursed her lips. "Who doesn't want an exploding wicker chicken?”
― Gail Carriger, Etiquette & Espionage
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
“Shoving feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.”
― Brad Pitt
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
“If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens.”
― Grandma Moses

:babychick::chicken::hatchedchick:
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I would love to have a exploding wicker chicken. I like explosions. However my wife does not want a exploding wicker chicken and further more, she said that I do not need one ether. "She who must be obeyed" has spoken. Just what exactly is a exploding wicker chicken?
 
New venture! Not entirely sure what sex these White Sussex are, yet...at least one is behaving Cockeral-ish so am watching with interest...

012.webp
 
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