Official Squatch Watchers

[Redhead Rae]

My 3 Cochin girls are gone and I'm $50 richer. I really think I'm going to need to whittle down to the minimum number of chickens we need for eggs and breeding. We really don't need 30+ eggs a day.

 

[Redhead Rae]

Ooooh I think that would be a great topic too!

I decided to start writing it. I have 4 things I look for besides SOP standards. I've got one item written and started writing another.

 

[Suzi18]

Chicken dying not in vain

As Stacey and RJ know....I lost my beloved OE Maude last weekend. She was awesome. Top of the pecking order, loud and mouthy , beautiful eggs and a quite a character. She will be greatly missed. I was struggling as to what to do with her after she died. I buried the other 2 chickens I have lost but with the ground frozen solid this wasn't an option. Reluctantly I decided I would remove a couple of her feathers to bury later and wrap her up and put her in the trash. This wasn't sitting well with me but I felt I had no other option. No freezer big enough to store her for a burial later. 2 days ago my friend Doug called me (this is my friend who helped me build my coop ) and asked " hey, if you ever have a chicken that dies, would you mind if I take it" . He does a lot of fly fishing and recently had been reading about using chicken feathers for tying flies andhow you can take a dead chicken, skin it and dry it stretched on a board. (There is more to it but you get the gist). The feathers can then be used over time for tying flies . I told him I just lost a chicken but unfortunately Thursday was trash day and she was already gone. Well.....I didn't realize it at the time but because of the bitter cold our trash collectors didn't come this week. I called him and he came and picked her up this morning. Thankfully because of the cold she was perfectly preserved. You all may think I'm crazy but this has made me feel so much better. I feel like her death wasn't completely in vain. He will put her feathers to good use catching fish at our local trout club and because he was the one that made it possible for me to build my coop I just feel like it's a good thing. Makes me happy that it will make him happy and I will even get some trout in the end and DH and I will thank her when we eat it.

 

[CSAchook]

Chicken dying not in vain

As Stacey and RJ know....I lost my beloved OE Maude last weekend. She was awesome. Top of the pecking order, loud and mouthy , beautiful eggs and a quite a character. She will be greatly missed. I was struggling as to what to do with her after she died. I buried the other 2 chickens I have lost but with the ground frozen solid this wasn't an option. Reluctantly I decided I would remove a couple of her feathers to bury later and wrap her up and put her in the trash. This wasn't sitting well with me but I felt I had no other option. No freezer big enough to store her for a burial later. 2 days ago my friend Doug called me (this is my friend who helped me build my coop ) and asked " hey, if you ever have a chicken that dies, would you mind if I take it" . He does a lot of fly fishing and recently had been reading about using chicken feathers for tying flies andhow you can take a dead chicken, skin it and dry it stretched on a board. (There is more to it but you get the gist). The feathers can then be used over time for tying flies . I told him I just lost a chicken but unfortunately Thursday was trash day and she was already gone. Well.....I didn't realize it at the time but because of the bitter cold our trash collectors didn't come this week. I called him and he came and picked her up this morning. Thankfully because of the cold she was perfectly preserved. You all may think I'm crazy but this has made me feel so much better. I feel like her death wasn't completely in vain. He will put her feathers to good use catching fish at our local trout club and because he was the one that made it possible for me to build my coop I just feel like it's a good thing. Makes me happy that it will make him happy and I will even get some trout in the end and DH and I will thank her when we eat it.

Suzi, I am so sorry you lost your sweet lovely Maude. I know how much it hurts to loose one. I think that it is beautiful that you found a way for her legacy to carry on. I have had to dispose of a chicken in the trash before, and I totally understand that feeling of wrongness that goes with it. Glad that silver lining opportunity came along. You are a sweet, kind, and strong person.

 

[Suzi18]

Suzi, I am so sorry you lost your sweet lovely Maude. I know how much it hurts to loose one. I think that it is beautiful that you found a way for her legacy to carry on. I have had to dispose of a chicken in the trash before, and I totally understand that feeling with of wrongness that goes with it. Glad that silver lining opportunity came along. You are a sweet, kind, and strong person.

Thanks Chooky

 

[Redhead Rae]

Chicken dying not in vain

As Stacey and RJ know....I lost my beloved OE Maude last weekend. She was awesome. Top of the pecking order, loud and mouthy , beautiful eggs and a quite a character. She will be greatly missed. I was struggling as to what to do with her after she died. I buried the other 2 chickens I have lost but with the ground frozen solid this wasn't an option. Reluctantly I decided I would remove a couple of her feathers to bury later and wrap her up and put her in the trash. This wasn't sitting well with me but I felt I had no other option. No freezer big enough to store her for a burial later. 2 days ago my friend Doug called me (this is my friend who helped me build my coop ) and asked " hey, if you ever have a chicken that dies, would you mind if I take it" . He does a lot of fly fishing and recently had been reading about using chicken feathers for tying flies andhow you can take a dead chicken, skin it and dry it stretched on a board. (There is more to it but you get the gist). The feathers can then be used over time for tying flies . I told him I just lost a chicken but unfortunately Thursday was trash day and she was already gone. Well.....I didn't realize it at the time but because of the bitter cold our trash collectors didn't come this week. I called him and he came and picked her up this morning. Thankfully because of the cold she was perfectly preserved. You all may think I'm crazy but this has made me feel so much better. I feel like her death wasn't completely in vain. He will put her feathers to good use catching fish at our local trout club and because he was the one that made it possible for me to build my coop I just feel like it's a good thing. Makes me happy that it will make him happy and I will even get some trout in the end and DH and I will thank her when we eat it.

What a nice way to have your bird memorialized. I wonder if you could ask him to make a fly for you to keep in memory.

 

[Redhead Rae]

I’m really starting to look preggers now.

@Texas Kiki

 

[Suzi18]

What a nice way to have your bird memorialized. I wonder if you could ask him to make a fly for you to keep in memory.

Oh that's a good idea. I will ask him

 

[Kiki]

I’m really starting to look preggers now.

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@Texas Kiki

Barely. I bet you still haven't gained ten pounds.

Did you cut all your hair off?

 

[ronott1]

Chicken dying not in vain

As Stacey and RJ know....I lost my beloved OE Maude last weekend. She was awesome. Top of the pecking order, loud and mouthy , beautiful eggs and a quite a character. She will be greatly missed. I was struggling as to what to do with her after she died. I buried the other 2 chickens I have lost but with the ground frozen solid this wasn't an option. Reluctantly I decided I would remove a couple of her feathers to bury later and wrap her up and put her in the trash. This wasn't sitting well with me but I felt I had no other option. No freezer big enough to store her for a burial later. 2 days ago my friend Doug called me (this is my friend who helped me build my coop ) and asked " hey, if you ever have a chicken that dies, would you mind if I take it" . He does a lot of fly fishing and recently had been reading about using chicken feathers for tying flies andhow you can take a dead chicken, skin it and dry it stretched on a board. (There is more to it but you get the gist). The feathers can then be used over time for tying flies . I told him I just lost a chicken but unfortunately Thursday was trash day and she was already gone. Well.....I didn't realize it at the time but because of the bitter cold our trash collectors didn't come this week. I called him and he came and picked her up this morning. Thankfully because of the cold she was perfectly preserved. You all may think I'm crazy but this has made me feel so much better. I feel like her death wasn't completely in vain. He will put her feathers to good use catching fish at our local trout club and because he was the one that made it possible for me to build my coop I just feel like it's a good thing. Makes me happy that it will make him happy and I will even get some trout in the end and DH and I will thank her when we eat it.

The person that bred the True blue and True Green egg layers that McMurray sells breeds chickens to use the feathers for fly lures.

If you live close enough, Paul will sell you chicks!

http://whitingfarms.com/