NY chicken lover!!!!

[armorfirelady]

Someone on another thread posted this link. It looks awesome for us newbies who are trying to identify parts of chickens esp when trying to figure out if they are normal looking or not.
http://partnersah.vet.cornell.edu/avian-atlas/search/disease

 

[miquwid]

I'm a little behind here but Sunny your coop looks great. Horsekeeper sorry for your lost but I'm glad you were able to do what you needed too. Sorry for you too Jlaw. At least we learn a little something about processing.

There were a couple of good links posted and some awesome pics.

I'm beat so much to do this week. Having some wine and gonna pass out have a good one!

 

[Gramma Chick]

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Is that maybe cause you dont handle them ...except when you are going to eat them ?

 

[stonykill]

Is that maybe cause you dont handle them ...except when you are going to eat them ?

I don't handle my other breeds either and they don't do this. So I'd say...no. I only handle them if they are hurt, or heading to freezer camp. When hurt I gain their trust quickly.

 

[JLaw]

Well looking at the chicken that is dead. Missing some neck feathers looks like missing some chest feathers. The neck I don't know seems hard to tell if was snapped or not. Vent looked like it might have been prolapsed some, not sure if from just dieing and the pressure from inside. Her breast don't seem like they had any meat on her at all. She was wet but looked like she may have been missing her outer feathers as well. I desided not to eat her seeing it looked like i'd be wasting time on it with how little she is and not looking like any meat. So tomorrow I have to catch all the ladies in coop and give them a once over. The rooster is going to hate me tomorrow.

 

[Gramma Chick]

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The more chickens I have the less I handle them all ...I still hold my favorites though .
these two are becoming a real pair ..rarely are they separate..
.Here they are playing house on my back deck in the middle of my drying beans


Skiddy (Left )says to her "Hey sweety lay your egg here ..this is a perfect spot ! "
They were out front on my step ..later ....I opened the door and set with them a bit & they both sat on my lap
I thought of old pictures of people on their front porch with a chicken on their laps ..LOL

 

[Pyxis]

Does anyone know if the local shelters are accepting cats at this point? We have a stray hanging around our house, a tom, and he's fighting with my neutered male cat and terrorizing my female cats, plus one of my OEGBs is mysteriously missing. He's friendly enough towards humans, I think he's just hungry and needs a good home, but it can't be here. I think I could trap him easily enough but I don't want to have to kill him when I do. Or if anyone wants a friendly barn cat I'm sure he'd fit the bill once he was neutered.

 

[stonykill]

Well looking at the chicken that is dead. Missing some neck feathers looks like missing some chest feathers. The neck I don't know seems hard to tell if was snapped or not. Vent looked like it might have been prolapsed some, not sure if from just dieing and the pressure from inside. Her breast don't seem like they had any meat on her at all. She was wet but looked like she may have been missing her outer feathers as well. I desided not to eat her seeing it looked like i'd be wasting time on it with how little she is and not looking like any meat. So tomorrow I have to catch all the ladies in coop and give them a once over. The rooster is going to hate me tomorrow.

that is a wise plan.

 

[LuvMyChicks1491]

Does anyone know if the local shelters are accepting cats at this point? We have a stray hanging around our house, a tom, and he's fighting with my neutered male cat and terrorizing my female cats, plus one of my OEGBs is mysteriously missing. He's friendly enough towards humans, I think he's just hungry and needs a good home, but it can't be here. I think I could trap him easily enough but I don't want to have to kill him when I do. Or if anyone wants a friendly barn cat I'm sure he'd fit the bill once he was neutered.

Last year I called Wanderest Rest (Madison Co. ASPCA) they said that most all feral cats are put down. We had one that wasn't friendly last year that would fight with my cat. With him being nice You are right to try to find him a home!

 

[JLaw]

Looked the ladies and roo over and they don't seem to bad. I need to take a closer look at my light colored red. I rushed it this morning trying to let them out of coop and get my self out of rain. So tomorrow she gets to come into the house and see how we live.

Making some deer stew atm in crockpot hope it turns out ok I really don't cook deer. Normaly deer chili only. We give the backstrap to grandparents since I don't know how to cook it. I've yet to find a way to cook it right. I'm not a big fan of the "gamey" taste. My mother inlaw is no help she just burns everything crisp. So I stick with roasts, chili, and stews.