Surviving Minnesota!

[Bogtown Chick]

Cluckies sorry about your Dads buddy. Sad Christmas there for sure.

 

[Cluckies]

Thank you.

I don't think it is star gazing, just kind of shaking her head, after she eats mostly...

Can you see it now?

 

[Cebarmlds]

Ok, I finally uploaded a video, take a look at Cluck-Cluck, my buff orpington, wait until the end of the video, she does this weird ring neck thing, she has done this since she was a chick. She does it quite a bit...Do any of your chickens do this? Have you ever seen this? She is the only one of my girls i've ever seen do this.

That is weird it's like she has to shake the food down.

I'd say 2 to 3 inches of snow here.

 

[Cluckies]

It is funny though, doesn't seem to bother her at all, just likes to shake her head, looks silly for sure! lol

 

[Coffee 1st]

OMG enough is enough,,, hopefully today is the day... Then i can share,,, dont want to jinx anything,,, fingers still xx`ed...

 

[Bogtown Chick]

She's wiggling that crop or the esophagus to get food down or something. Her weight is good? Are suspicious of a partial block? I see mine do that for longer grass pieces. It may just be a 'habit' for her or an adjustment to a abnomily in her anatomy. Not life threatening but maybe enough where she needs to do this little maneuver. My guesses only.

 

[Cluckies]

She's wiggling that crop or the esophagus to get food down or something. Her weight is good? Are suspicious of a partial block? I see mine do that for longer grass pieces. It may just be a 'habit' for her or an adjustment to a abnomily in her anatomy. Not life threatening but maybe enough where she needs to do this little maneuver. My guesses only.

Weight is good, she is a big girl. she has done this since she was a chick, but seems totally fine, always eats drinks, looks good... Just curious if anyone elses chickens ever does this...

 

[duluthralphie]

Ralphy. Is this what you are trying to make for camp day? Looks like the perfect thing. That and a scalder that regulates temp. This thing is crazy money. Good thing you have the skills and the things in you out buildings to build it.


http://www.flemingoutdoors.com/featherman-pro-poultry-plucker-with-scalder.html

Yep that's it

 

[ejb3810]

Ralphie, you need to design one that rotates and has the plucking fingers in a cork screw pattern. The objective is to drop the bird in the top, and have in descend to the bottom from the cork screw pattern with an opening at the bottom for the bird to fall out once it is plucked.

 

[Cebarmlds]

OMG enough is enough,,, hopefully today is the day... Then i can share,,, dont want to jinx anything,,, fingers still xx`ed...

Good luck