Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

[Beekissed]

What's an "unchicken"? Is that what Bud became once in the "pot"??

No..that's what folks called him when he seemed to come back from the dead. The whomp sent him down in a crumple and it appeared that he stopped breathing and had died, so his carcass was tossed over in the woods for wild animal consumption. The next day he was walking...well..lurching..across the yard. He no longer attacks humans, but has been labeled the "unchicken" because they feel he is a chicken zombie. He has straightened up but still has a little bit of a hitch in his giddy up when he walks and a wing wants to sag a little. He will be processed with the next round of birds but until then he is BUD, the unchicken.

It's not typical that I hit a bird so hard that it turns him into an unchicken, but it just happened that way...I felt pretty bad about it later, prayed to God and asked forgiveness for my quickness to wrath, so when I saw him still alive I felt somewhat better. I normally don't act that hasty on such things but it was just the wrong action at the wrong time for poor BUD and he got the tail end of the whirlwind. I've treated him gently since and even help him find space on the roosts when the big gals won't let him up there, but he will be in the pot soon.

He has even earned a starring role in the murder mystery of Dave Leghorn, as BUD Lipnicky, and is a key player in the great finale of the play. Note the glowing red eyes of the "unchicken"? Just a trick of photography but sure did add to his reputation as such!

 

[Triple Willow]

BEE!!! You mean BUD doesn't really have red eyes??? I feel so violated!!! LOL

 

[Triple Willow]

LOL, BUD is the closest thing to a resurrected 'frankenchicken' I think that's ever been. He crossed the line...
about what, a month ago? Try looking up 'cane' and attack in the search function, probably can find the whole sordid saga.

I think she should have named him Lazarus. lol

 

[Triple Willow]

They could put an end to all that with a law that says after one complaint a dog must be assessed for aggressiveness by an expert, like they do at the pound before releasing a dog up for adoption.  If he is found to be "bad" he must be put down.  Eventually the streets would be rid of the bad ones and hopefully people would stop breeding that kind. Then those of us with good dogs will be left in peace.  And a dog that attacks, goes down period.  I know some sick people like to antagonize dogs to make them throw themselves at the fence then, one day someone leaves the fence not well closed and he walks by.  The fool is at fault but the dog must be put down.  It sickens me when I hear the stories of dogs "snapping" and turning on masters and children or strangers.  I guess its that bad gene pool and I was just lucky?  My son has had 3 and they were all so smart and easily trained.  You'd be amazed at how many separate commands they know!

They had so many agressive pitts that it would have taken them 10 years to sort them all out! lol

 

[Beekissed]

BEE!!! You mean BUD doesn't really have red eyes??? I feel so violated!!! LOL

No, TW...chickens don't normally have red glowing eyes..I thought you knew.

I think she should have named him Lazarus. lol

I named him that, briefly...but Lazarus was too nice of a man to have this chicken named after him.

In light of seriously mixed up genetics and his stupid behavior, I thought BUD a more suitable moniker.

 

[AletaG]

They could put an end to all that with a law that says after one complaint a dog must be assessed for aggressiveness by an expert, like they do at the pound before releasing a dog up for adoption. If he is found to be "bad" he must be put down. Eventually the streets would be rid of the bad ones and hopefully people would stop breeding that kind. Then those of us with good dogs will be left in peace. And a dog that attacks, goes down period. I know some sick people like to antagonize dogs to make them throw themselves at the fence then, one day someone leaves the fence not well closed and he walks by. The fool is at fault but the dog must be put down. It sickens me when I hear the stories of dogs "snapping" and turning on masters and children or strangers. I guess its that bad gene pool and I was just lucky? My son has had 3 and they were all so smart and easily trained. You'd be amazed at how many separate commands they know!

It would probably slow things down a bit if we would prosecute the *owner* for whatever crime the dog committed. Maybe one 'level' down. Like, if your dog kills someone, you have to be charged with a minimum of manslaughter. Maiming, assault and battery with intent to kill. That sort of thing. We need to put the responsibility with the owner. If your dog is turning mean because the neighbor kids are taunting it, why do you leave the dog alone and unprotected like that? A trained gaurd animal wouldn't 'turn mean' because they'd be smarter than the taunting kids. And if you can prove kids are throwing rocks, well, if they broke a window, they could be charged with criminal mischief. Charge 'em, prosecute, punish (worked on my brother, spent an entire summer mucking stalls for restitution. Never broke in anywhere ever again). 'Course, my mom backed the whole thing to the hilt, not one of those "oh, not MY son" poor excuses for a parent... when he got home from mucking stalls, he had to go pick up trash in the neighborhood until dinner time, then homework, then more trash pick up until bed time. Heck, *I* never forgot that lesson. Made a heck of an impression on the neighbor kids too. Anyway, can you tell I'm big on personal responsibility?
(And, I have a rescued mix that was *trained* to *eat* cats. So he is NEVER off a leash or outside a fence. 'cause *I* am responsible for him.)

 

[BCMaraniac]

Hey Bee,

Think Bud could use one of these?

 

[AletaG]

I've been dying to do something like this. I can't quite convince DH so far... 'course anything in the condition to do that to would require a flatbed trailer and bribery of brawn in the neighborhood.

 

[Triple Willow]

  No, TW...chickens don't normally have red glowing eyes..I thought you knew. 

I named him that, briefly...but Lazarus was too nice of a man to have this chicken named after him.  In light of seriously mixed up genetics and his stupid behavior, I thought BUD a more suitable moniker. 

I know chickens don't normally have red eyes but BUD doesn't seem real normal anyhow. LOL I've seen rabbits with red eyes and they are a tad freaky to me!

 

[Triple Willow]

I've been dying to do something like this. I can't quite convince DH so far... 'course anything in the condition to do that to would require a flatbed trailer and bribery of brawn in the neighborhood.

Me too. I see an old van or something and I think to myself what a good henhouse that would make. lol One man here was raising pigs in an old school bus. He told me they were educated pigs! LOL