Anyone have luck catching a feral chicken?? UPDATE: Rooster caught, no hen

[apryl29]

My friend & I refer to our daughters' lack of interest to shower as summer ripeness.

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

Do NOT show that to my daughter. She'd have me making chicken coats.


Another reason I'm glad I have girls! I do have to remind my girls to take a shower from time to time, esp in the summer. My brothers have boys and I swear the pee directly on the floor. My one nephew would literally sit right next to you on the couch, piss his pants and sit in it and not say a word. Then when you noticed he'd just stare at you. I *think* he finally grew out of it, but this kid was not little when he did it. I think some don't even bother to aim, at all. They just stand there and let it fly. I once asked a coworker why the guy's restroom was so gross & he said that basically each guy stands back farther and farther to avoid standing in the pee on the floor from the last guy. So disgusting (says the lady who crawls around in chicken poop almost daily).

I'm a cleaning lady and you'd be ill in some men's rooms. I don't who thought the urinal was a good idea but they should be tarred and feathered. Urinals are nasty!

 

[Sassysouth]

On the flip side, my husband is OCD clean. He likes everything picked up, everything is neat and tidy. Me on the other hand, like a tornado. You can see my path (of mess) wherever I have been. I think I am probably the normal one.

 

[Redhead Rae]

They look that way to me too. No idea why.

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I guess if I'm really worried about the cold I could make these.

Actually, these things can make a chicken colder. If they get wet, it increases the chances of hypothermia. If they aren't almost bald from molting, it packs their feathers down so they can't retain heat by fluffing up their feathers.

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

Actually, these things can make a chicken colder. If they get wet, it increases the chances of hypothermia. If they aren't almost bald from molting, it packs their feathers down so they can't retain heat by fluffing up their feathers.

I can't imagine they would keep them on or not peck each other for wearing them.
When I had to use saddles I had extra in case they got wet. They'd stand out in the rain and get drenched having no idea that their saddle isn't water proof.
I'd trade them for a dry one.

 

[theuglychick]

I LOVE the vest!

This gives me an idea! Family portraits!

I think this weekend me and DD are going to make Nugget and Niblet matching mommy-and-me chickens tutus. Then get daddy Reggie a tie or bow tie and take a family portrait!

Some times you just got to unleash the inner crazy chicken lady.

 

[apryl29]

I'm a cleaning lady and you'd be ill in some men's rooms. I don't who thought the urinal was a good idea but they should be tarred and feathered. Urinals are nasty!

We have a family restroom where I work and there's a gross spot on the floor by the urinal. No idea why no one scrubs the floor. My guess is that it's stained from grossness.. and WHY does no one flush the urinal? I'm constantly going in there and it's not been flushed! If you don't want to touch it after touching body, use the paper towel after you wash your hands! Sigh.. boys.

On the flip side, my husband is OCD clean. He likes everything picked up, everything is neat and tidy. Me on the other hand, like a tornado. You can see my path (of mess) wherever I have been. I think I am probably the normal one.

Lucky. I got a black light for cat pee when I was married.. used it on the toilet & there was pee all over the outside of the toilet bowl. How? Why? I showed my ex and told him I wasn't going to clean it, he had to. He just laughed. Obviously wasn't a big loss w/ that one.

I can't imagine they would keep them on or not peck each other for wearing them.
When I had to use saddles I had extra in case they got wet. They'd stand out in the rain and get drenched having no idea that their saddle isn't water proof.
I'd trade them for a dry one.

I would be sooo worried that it'd get caught on something and they'd end up hung or trapped somewhere. Like how you're not supposed to put dog collars on cats b/c they can get caught on things

 

[Daddy rooster]

Any news on Sasquatch.have you been able to catch her yet.

 

[theuglychick]

Hi @Daddy rooster, thanks for checking in on us.

Not yet.

I figured if she is still around and is sitting on eggs that they should hatch somewhere between 10/21-23rd and we are hoping for a sighting around that time.

In the meantime I've got a trail cam on the place that I saw her last.

Any news on Sasquatch.have you been able to catch her yet.

 

[Kusanar]

That's funny!

This reminds me of a funny story.

Back in 2004 or 2005ish, a coworker and I had to work at an event Houston, Tx. It was a dog event, so naturally, we had dogs with us.

We could smell that one of the two dogs with us (crated in the back part of an SUV) desperately needed to potty so we stopped and waited (and waited and waited and waited) for them to go and nothing ever happened so we figured false alarm.

So we loaded back up and proceeded to cross the atchafalaya basin bridge. The third longest bridge in the US.

And as you would expect, the 130# Cane Corso gave up the good fight and unleashed the smelly turd demon he had been wrestling with the entire time right in the crate while crossing the bridge. I think he only weighed 120# after that.

Luckily there are stops along the way so we didn't have to ride in the breath-stealing stench for the whole 18 or so miles, but we did ride for about 10 minutes or so, maybe a little longer, with the windows down, steadily gagging and dry heaving.

I guess it could have been worse. It could have been the causeway bridge!

I feed my cats raw, last time I took them all to the vet (5 cats and a small dog) I wasn't thinking clearly the night before and let them pig out on an entire 5 pound chicken... One of my cats gets carsick... Poor Jaba threw up at least a pound of half digested chicken in his crate, he started crying, the other cats started crying, the dog wanted to roll in it... I rolled the windows down and was still gagging... As soon as I got to the vets office I pulled the towel out of his crate and tossed it (and the mess) under the back bumper of my car so no one would step in it but it wouldn't be IN the car anymore... Next time they go they are fasting the night before...