Newbie-with attitude -- See post #42

[DuckLady]

Try not to give your Pet Rock mouth-to-mouth.
You can just imagine the germs rock lips pick up rolling around the barnyard.

 

[bheila]

 

[Mahonri]

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Now that was just so funny.

 

[gritsar]

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Yeah, what she said. Also, haven't found a vet around here yet that would even see a chicken.
Welcome to BYC.

 

[conny63malies]

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they are considered disposable . I couldnt afford a vet for my poultry so i keep them healthy. I just fixed a chicks curled toes and now that they are straight she got spradle leg braces. Do what you are comfortable with.

 

[kuntrygirl]

I guess I'm not a responsible chicken owner. Shame on me. I don't know of any vets that will see a chicken in South Louisiana. I guess I should immediately advertise on Craigslist to give away all my chickens to a responsible chicken owner.

 

[conny63malies]

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i guess in your area it would turn into gumbo. Luckily chickens dont get sick that often.

 

[Judy]

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Surely you have some idea of how the vast majority of chickens in this country live their lives? Surely you might appreciate that there is a middle ground of caring and concerned people who (for one example) do not have extensive financial resources, and must regard chickens as livestock, but who wish to do so humanely, even including pampering and loving?

I do agree with one comment of yours: people do need to read before acquisition, and it is evident here that not everyone does the necessary research....

As others have noted, vets are no panacea....

Dogs and cats are good pets (if properly trained) only because they have been bred for centuries to be pets. Although many other animals can be pets, there are no other species in which all/most individuals readily become pets. Housebreaking is the most obvious evidence of this. Or, perhaps, that in the US we do not usually eat dogs and cats.

Is it possible to love an animal and still eat it?

 

[deerman]

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Surely you have some idea of how the vast majority of chickens in this country live their lives? Surely you might appreciate that there is a middle ground of caring and concerned people who (for one example) do not have extensive financial resources, and must regard chickens as livestock, but who wish to do so humanely, even including pampering and loving?

I do agree with one comment of yours: people do need to read before acquisition, and it is evident here that not everyone does the necessary research....

As others have noted, vets are no panacea....

Dogs and cats are good pets (if properly trained) only because they have been bred for centuries to be pets. Although many other animals can be pets, there are no other species in which all/most individuals readily become pets. Housebreaking is the most obvious evidence of this. Or, perhaps, that in the US we do not usually eat dogs and cats.

Is it possible to love an animal and still eat it?

Just a note, pigs,and rabbits both can be house broke just like a cat. Even had a parrot cagedf train, would go to his cage to poop.

 

[SpottedCrow]

Hello and Welcome, beed.

I have a vet that will see chickens, for a price...
When Miss MoneyPenny was not able to move around, they said that they could keep her overnight to the tune of $120...I said that I'd set her up in a room at the Clarion first...sheesh.
It was $80 to walk in the door before 8.$100+ after 8. But at least they'd look at her.

Lots of things are easy to fix on a chicken.
Wry neck, poopy butt, small prolapsed, wing or spur clipping, soft shells, curly toes, splayed legs on a chick... we can help you out with that...

I agree, my chickens are my HOUSE pets...the one I have left will be 6 on Memorial Day and she's the Queen of all she surveys...especially whatever you're eating...