Hello all. Do they have any of these WCA's towards hickory or Charlotte? Never been to one and was just wondering what they are like.
Today was not a good day. We have a black silkie cockerel named Zane. We had to do some running today and when we got home went to get the eggs, around 6pm. when I got in the coop I noticed than Zane was sitting near the feeder at a weird angle. I went in and noticed that he somehow got one of his legs caught in it. Well I got him out and tried to set him down. He fell over. So I picked him up and looked at the leg, broken. Well this is one of my daughters favorite chickens. I carried him in the house to break the bad news to her. She started to cry. She asked what we were going to do. I told her we'd/I'd have to kill him. Couldn't put him in with the others like that, not fair to him. She asked about a vet and I said not much they could do either. Well I went out and did the deed and put him in the fridge. When I went out to put trailer away so that I could get rid of the unwanted things, she said that there was a opposum by the house. Told her to keep an eye on it while i went and got a gun to take care of it.Told her that it could wipe out a chicken house in a night or two in we didn't get rid of it. So i guess in the end I had one bad killing and one good one tonight.
I had another cockerel that got hurt last week and he seems to be ok now. Not hobbling around anymore and he's started crowing again. He is the one that I would had no problem getting rid of if I had to, but Zane was kind of tough. Guess They have all really become big pets.
