Found a chicken on the road and took it home...

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Culling is a polite word for euthanizing a chicken. We don't cull people, but we do cull chickens. I didn't know this word until a few months ago myself.

Culling doesn’t have to necessarily mean to euthanize a chicken. For instance in a breeding flock a hen or rooster might be culled because they don’t have the right traits that the breeder is looking for.

 

[Smuvers Farm]

I'm so glad she's doing well.

If you have honey, you can always apply some to the wound. It's water soluble and cleans up nicely. Just a thin coat. It's amazing stuff.

Why are you ALWAYS trying to baste a bird womans?!?!?

 

[Sunshine Flock]

Why are you ALWAYS trying to baste a bird womans?!?!?

You know it, sister!

Basted, brined, honeyed and stuffed full of cilantro! And I soaked his leg in olive oil in a vintage stoneware jar that says 'Kitchen things' on the side!!!

 

[BantyChooks]

Culling doesn’t have to necessarily mean to euthanize a chicken. For instance in a breeding flock a hen or rooster might be culled because they don’t have the right traits that the breeder is looking for.

Yep, culling means removing from a flock or breeding population... it generally means kill but some use it when referring to selling a bird tool

 

[Chachy]

Her name is Krispy : ) Mainly because she was on the road outside of Krispy Kreme Donuts, but the other implications are humorous! She continues to do well. She got an epson salt bath today. She remained fairly calm throughout it all. She doesn't really like to be picked up, but none of my chickens do really. I call her "she" because I didn't really like to continue to call her "it", however, when I put a towel over her today to soak up the water, she squatted and moved her tail (like my other birds to when they want to mate), and I'm not sure if males do this, but it's just another implication that she could be female. I've built her a small coop out of plywood I had laying around since she's still in the cat carrier. It's getting a little chilly here at night and wanted her to be warm. I will definitely be applying honey or antibiotic ointment on her wound. Overall, she seems pretty "happy". She continues to walk around her part of the yard. She's eating the same thing as my other birds which is just bagged feed from Tractor Supply - Dumor, I think. She eats it which means she isn't starving. I also supply tomatoes from the garden now and then but she doesn't seem to care for them like my other birds. If anyone is interested, she has her own instagram page thanks to my girlfriend. @bigkrispyrescue

 

[Smuvers Farm]

Her name is Krispy : ) Mainly because she was on the road outside of Krispy Kreme Donuts, but the other implications are humorous! She continues to do well. She got an epson salt bath today. She remained fairly calm throughout it all. She doesn't really like to be picked up, but none of my chickens do really. I call her "she" because I didn't really like to continue to call her "it", however, when I put a towel over her today to soak up the water, she squatted and moved her tail (like my other birds to when they want to mate), and I'm not sure if males do this, but it's just another implication that she could be female. I've built her a small coop out of plywood I had laying around since she's still in the cat carrier. It's getting a little chilly here at night and wanted her to be warm. I will definitely be applying honey or antibiotic ointment on her wound. Overall, she seems pretty "happy". She continues to walk around her part of the yard. She's eating the same thing as my other birds which is just bagged feed from Tractor Supply - Dumor, I think. She eats it which means she isn't starving. I also supply tomatoes from the garden now and then but she doesn't seem to care for them like my other birds. If anyone is interested, she has her own instagram page thanks to my girlfriend. @bigkrispyrescue

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That's awesome!!!

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

so happy that she is doing well.

 

[Sunshine Flock]

She's so adorable in that bucket.

Good job on caring for her, mama!!

 

[WVduckchick]

So cute in the bucket! Glad she is improving!

How's that wound looking? I would definitely put some Neosporin or the like on it, just to be safe.

And the kind with pain relief is ok, if it's all you have. The pain relief myth was debunked, and I personally use whatever I have handy. If you need to buy some, you can err on the side of caution and avoid any with "caine" in the ingredients.

 

[room onthebroom]

So cute in the bucket! Glad she is improving!

How's that wound looking? I would definitely put some Neosporin or the like on it, just to be safe.

And the kind with pain relief is ok, if it's all you have. The pain relief myth was debunked, and I personally use whatever I have handy. If you need to buy some, you can err on the side of caution and avoid any with "caine" in the ingredients.

Debunked? Really? I hadn't heard that! Old habits are hard to break, so I'll probably still err on the side of caution like you said, but good to know in a pinch!