Texas

[Thorz_Punchingbag]

Does anybody in the DFW surrounding area (willing to drive) perform Caponization? I have read quite a few posts of people claiming to perform this in their kitchen regularly.

 

[texsuze]

Last night, all girls secure in their respective homes (pullets in empty horse stall, Bigs in their coop), did my last look-around then spotted a large, hairy pile in the barn pasture. Wait! Pile was moving. Porky pine--yikes.

Grabbed the hav-a-heart trap, loaded with alfalfa and peanut butter (that's all I had) and set it near the trees close to the barn, hoping it would serve me well. Porky vanished within/beyond/up the grove of trees . Trap still un-sprung this a.m. According to the all-knowing folks here on BYC, I shouldn't worry about Porky wanting chicken nuggets for dinner, but he might find the wood of my chicken run tasty. Still makes me nervous in case one of my girls ends up too close to Porky. Just one more thing on the "To be Managed" list.....

 

[janiedoe]

Last night, all girls secure in their respective homes (pullets in empty horse stall, Bigs in their coop), did my last look-around then spotted a large, hairy pile in the barn pasture. Wait! Pile was moving. Porky pine--yikes.

Grabbed the hav-a-heart trap, loaded with alfalfa and peanut butter (that's all I had) and set it near the trees close to the barn, hoping it would serve me well. Porky vanished within/beyond/up the grove of trees . Trap still un-sprung this a.m. According to the all-knowing folks here on BYC, I shouldn't worry about Porky wanting chicken nuggets for dinner, but he might find the wood of my chicken run tasty. Still makes me nervous in case one of my girls ends up too close to Porky. Just one more thing on the "To be Managed" list.....

I'm not sure whether I should wish you luck with the trap. I don't know how you'll get it out of rhe trap without Porky causing you some pain.
Oh well, good luck!

 

[ATXInstantFlock]

Happy Sunday everyone! Anyone else trim spurs and nails? Anyone manage to do it without making a mess?
Not this chicken farmer.

On the bright side, I think he's going to make a full recovery and it'll make for a silly story some day. I almost deserve to get flogged for this one.

 

[NagemTX]

Happy Sunday everyone! Anyone else trim spurs and nails? Anyone manage to do it without making a mess?
Not this chicken farmer.

On the bright side, I think he's going to make a full recovery and it'll make for a silly story some day. I almost deserve to get flogged for this one.

Use a towl to keep them still and a drimal to trim the spurs.