WHAT YA GOT SWAP Chat Thread

[Nimby Chickens]

So sorry to hear about that barn fire. Poor little Faverolles babies! I am so sorry for your loss.

 

[buffbeauty]

Thanks so much.

Those are some weird feet!!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Kassandra did you take any pictures at the Crossroads??

~Aspen

 

[buffbeauty]

Y'all are gonna kill me!! Didn't get hardly any!! Too just running the booth for the fav club and chasing the 3 yr old.

 

[krstms]

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My dog killed one of these and we found him with it in his mouth (the whole bird) It was black with a white beak and had those wierd feet. The only thing I could find close to it was the am coot. I guess maybe that's what it was?

 

[BHep]

I got my first tee shirt from innerwolfbatikranch. Love it !! Thank You.

 

[Ray_n_Debi]

Deb (Hot2Pot) your eggs are on the way! Good Luck!!

 

[itsiebitsiefarm]

I just candled my eggs from Beth...and EVERY one of them, is fertile and developing nicely!!

 

[coldupnorth]

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My dog killed one of these and we found him with it in his mouth (the whole bird) It was black with a white beak and had those wierd feet. The only thing I could find close to it was the am coot. I guess maybe that's what it was?

Coots used to be something you saw in great numbers on the many lakes and ponds of Minnesota; there is a sportsman's club dedicated to them (Coots Unlimited). However, their numbers have declined significantly in the last 15 years - now you take notice when you see some. If you think their feet are funny, you should see them swim

 

[Stuck in the Coop]

From what I read the Coot is a water bird. No idea why it would be near our house. We do have a pond, but it is quite a distance from the house. It is possible the cat was down there hunting, but unlikely they would have drug the bird back up to the house. From the size of the feet it was a good sized bird and my cats are not full grown, just teenage sized cats. One internet sight says it is possible coots migrate only at night...could it have accidentally landed in my yard

perhaps it was sick. They are definitely not common in my area of Missouri, but they are a legal gamebird to hunt.

Oh, and I have saved the foot to show hubby and son when they get home LOL it's just too weird to get rid of