EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[ChickenCanoe]

whites this is what we got yesterday in the am before it turned to freezing rain at least it was pretty

Nice looking woods.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Did I show you all that santa liked my dead santa

Kid fell for it, hook line and sinker!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: I can believe that. Not sure I would let him live though

 

[casportpony]

Quote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken

 

[kwhites634]

whites this is what we got yesterday in the am before it turned to freezing rain at least it was pretty

I haven't seen that much snow here since last Winter, and not complaining. I must admit, though, it is pretty, 'specially in someone else's yard.

 

[Akrnaf2]

For the vegetarians here, don't read this.
I had a disturbing thing happen to me this morning. I had selected 4 cockerels for processing and had them in their own building and pen for a few weeks to soften up their muscles and give them some flavor. One had gotten out and went with his old flock so I decided to butcher the other three this morning.
I went out just before dawn about 6 to pull them off the roost. Carried them one at a time to the killing cone and did the deed. I had to go to Lowe's for a propane tank refill for the turkey fryer (aka scalder). So after I bled out the last one and heard him flopping in the cone I got in the car and left.
Last night was pool night so wife had to lock them up. When I returned from lowes, there was a rooster running around in the yard but I hadn't let any birds out yet. I first thought one didn't get in when she locked up last night. I looked at the cone and there was no rooster head hanging out of it.
The one I killed was out running around after (I thought) had bled out. I thought I'd never catch him again before night fall.
He still had the noose around his neck that I use to maneuver their huge combs and wattles into my homemade cone. I threw him some scratch and grabbed the 'leash'.
I picked him up and calmed him walking around for a half hour petting him and talking to him. Trying to get the lactic acid dissipated.
Finally I finished the job.
In my defense it was still dark out this morning and my flashlight showed a steady stream of blood into the compost and I heard the steady splash.

Read this
http://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/mike-the-headless-rooster/

[VIDEO]

 

[ChickenCanoe]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken

That is clearly more disturbing than my story.

 

[Akrnaf2]

I am not sure if I should laugh or cry at that but I know I do lean one way harder than the other

Which way are you leaning? It was certainly a first for me. It definitely wasn't Kosher. A friend told me about a huge slaughter and after they threw all the roosters into a pile to be processed when they were done. After a while, one got up and ran away. He was kept to be a breeder for his will to live.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken

We had the same thought!

 

[Akrnaf2]

Did someone had this breed? The Giriraja?

https://makewealthhistory.org/2008/12/20/the-giriraja-chicken/

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Not familiar but thanks for posting.

God bless genetic diversity.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...for-giriraja-chicken-breed/article6668297.ece