Are your chickens smarter than you?

[BigBlueHen53]

You thought a headless chicken that lived for years was COMMON knowledge???
Brings up a good question, I don’t/haven’t culled. How does a person do that if not chopping the head off?? I hate this conversation btw but I’m sucked in for some bizarre reason.

That needs to be a separate thread.

 

[z3lda3]

Yeah, idk. He was given to us. He is my avatar right now, Rojo el Magnifico. I know he is not purebred bc he has a rose comb, not a big single one.

Awww I’ve got a cockerel who I know isn’t a purebred because he too has a rose comb not a big single one! Look his name btw!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Thank you. He would not let me call him "Big Red." He has a very high opinion of himself, obviously. But he's very good with the girls and a perfect gentleman, so "Rojo" it is.

 

[z3lda3]

That needs to be a separate thread.

No that needs to not be a thread, I mean for me. I don’t need that info at this point. Anyway want to see my Fred?

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

You thought a headless chicken that lived for years was COMMON knowledge???
Brings up a good question, I don’t/haven’t culled. How does a person do that if not chopping the head off?? I hate this conversation btw but I’m sucked in for some bizarre reason.

Yes! He was quite famous!
You can kill a chicken the way our grandmas did by breaking their neck (there are a couple different methods) or the traffic cone method or even internal decapitation. We have really gone on a morbid bird walk now (pun intended). I have never culled any birds but I intend on learning a good method because I have had birds that would have benefited more from being dispatched than from my best intentions delaying the inevitable

 

[BigBlueHen53]

No that needs to not be a thread, I mean for me. I don’t need that info at this point. Anyway want to see my Fred?

Sure! Is he smarter than you?

 

[SunriseChickers]

You thought a headless chicken that lived for years was COMMON knowledge???
Brings up a good question, I don’t/haven’t culled. How does a person do that if not chopping the head off?? I hate this conversation btw but I’m sucked in for some bizarre reason.

Just slid into this thread and - It's NOT common knowledge??? I thought everyone knew about the headless chicken! Household story, like a household name! Surely everyone knows about the headless chicken, right!?

 

[z3lda3]

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Here's my big, beautiful boy!

He’s gorgeous! Look at his beautiful tail!
This is Fred and his rose comb, he’s 10 weeks. He was Ethel a few weeks ago..but then the crowing began.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Yes! He was quite famous!
You can kill a chicken the way our grandmas did by breaking their neck (there are a couple different methods) or the traffic cone method or even internal decapitation. We have really gone on a morbid bird walk now (pun intended). I have never culled any birds but I intend on learning a good method because I have had birds that would have benefited more from being dispatched than from my best intentions delaying the inevitable

Look up broomstick method in the search bar.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

He’s gorgeous! Look at his beautiful tail!
This is Fred and his rose comb, he’s 10 weeks. He was Ethel a few weeks ago..but then the crowing began.

Fred! What breed? Very handsome.