Chicken
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Chicken
Look what I found when I came home the other day! I think it's a rooster, it was trying to crow, sounded pitifull! Bantom sized, anyone know what kind? It's legs are kind of funky, all lumpy and has some feathers halfway up one leg. Cute as anything. I guess I need to find a feed store and get some scratch, finch seed won't do for long.
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"I gotta have more cowbell!" SNL
"If your gecko is broken you have a reptile dysfunction."
"If you don't talk to your cat about catnip...who will?"
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Oh, and get this.... He's roosting under my car!!! (on the springs) 
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"I gotta have more cowbell!" SNL
"If your gecko is broken you have a reptile dysfunction."
"If you don't talk to your cat about catnip...who will?"
"I gotta have more cowbell!" SNL
"If your gecko is broken you have a reptile dysfunction."
"If you don't talk to your cat about catnip...who will?"
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He's cute.. but looks like he needs some food! Glad he found you! What did you name him?~Dusty~
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It might be a bantam Brahma, possibly a mixed breed (a mutt chicken ) since the coloring is more like an ISA brown. I wonder where he came from? If you start feeding him I bet he will hang around - probably wouldn't make very good eating if he is small 
) since the coloring is more like an ISA brown. I wonder where he came from? If you start feeding him I bet he will hang around - probably wouldn't make very good eating if he is small 
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You are not seriously going to try to keep that chicken are you??? I am not seeing how that is going to work out
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I may call him Clint or Hank because the first thing I heard him say (and I'm so not kidding!) is "YeeeHaaawww". Now he sounds more like a real rooster with the more cock-a-doodle-doo. Someone needs to tell him I don't like country music! He's roosting on the axle of my front tires. So long as I don't go out after dark w/out thinking of him he should be OK. He sure won't move once he's there, I pet him last night, even held his beak between my fingers. All he did was dialate his pupils, lol! I was hopeing he was a hen, it'd be more quiet and I'd get an egg or two - no such luck. Mabe call him Axl (as in Axl Rose - more my style )
It's funny, the Muscovies are scared of him - he rules the pile of corn! Hopefully I don't get in trouble from the neighbors or apt complex, but I am planning on plucking him out of my car Sat morning and taking a walk through the neighborhood. I heard roosters in the distance - calling back to him.
Some of you guys wanted chickens....
I got a fever, and it needs more cowbell!
) It's funny, the Muscovies are scared of him - he rules the pile of corn! Hopefully I don't get in trouble from the neighbors or apt complex, but I am planning on plucking him out of my car Sat morning and taking a walk through the neighborhood. I heard roosters in the distance - calling back to him.
Some of you guys wanted chickens....
I got a fever, and it needs more cowbell!
Spider's Hosta List There are photos there too
"I gotta have more cowbell!" SNL
"If your gecko is broken you have a reptile dysfunction."
"If you don't talk to your cat about catnip...who will?"
"I gotta have more cowbell!" SNL
"If your gecko is broken you have a reptile dysfunction."
"If you don't talk to your cat about catnip...who will?"
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Oh I vote to keep him! Where there's a will, there's a way!
Where there's a will, there's a way!~Dusty~
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I vote for the name Axel If you are going to keep it that is. BTW: There are some hens that crow 
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If you are going to keep it that is. BTW: There are some hens that crow Ginger
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Yeah Axel.. you 2 can walk the neighboorhood singing "Welcome to the jungle!"
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I would keep him! I LOVE chickens
Only problem is when we had pet chickens, the roosters ALWAYS got mean! Them mean lil sapsuckers would attack us every time. It was ridiculous!! As big as we were we DID run from them. They can get some wicked spurs on them. Ask Muffy, she has the scars to prove it
Hens make great pets though
Examples of our pet chickens names were....
Sunshine
Rainbow
Lollypop
Floyd
Kit
Those were some of our roosters we had hehe. There were a lot more, but I'm old now and can't remember them right at the moment
Only problem is when we had pet chickens, the roosters ALWAYS got mean! Them mean lil sapsuckers would attack us every time. It was ridiculous!! As big as we were we DID run from them. They can get some wicked spurs on them. Ask Muffy, she has the scars to prove it
Hens make great pets though
Examples of our pet chickens names were....
Sunshine
Rainbow
Lollypop
Floyd
Kit
Those were some of our roosters we had hehe. There were a lot more, but I'm old now and can't remember them right at the moment
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Annie wrote:
I'm old now and can't remember them right at the moment
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Spider,
Do you still have the chicken???
Ginger
Do you still have the chicken???
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Well.... Tuesday I came home and found him dead. I inspected him and there were no obvious sighns of trauma - no bleeding and I felt no broken bones. There were two small clumps of feathers nearby, so possibly death by duck. The ducks that were eating his corn were all ok, so he wasn't poisoned. I had mentioned his feet and legs looked funky, possibly he had bumblefoot or some sort of autoimmune disorder. He seemed fine when I left for work and his weight felt ok (feel along the breastbone). So, he's at the bottom of the dumpster. 
Poor chicken. I feel bad about him dieing, but he was free range and you have to expect something to happen eventually. He was fun to have around, but stressfull in the AM worrying about neighbors trying to sleep.
Poor chicken. I feel bad about him dieing, but he was free range and you have to expect something to happen eventually. He was fun to have around, but stressfull in the AM worrying about neighbors trying to sleep.Re: Chicken
Here he is the afternoon before he died.
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"I gotta have more cowbell!" SNL
"If your gecko is broken you have a reptile dysfunction."
"If you don't talk to your cat about catnip...who will?"
"I gotta have more cowbell!" SNL
"If your gecko is broken you have a reptile dysfunction."
"If you don't talk to your cat about catnip...who will?"
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Awww poor little chicken At least you gave him some nice food and some company before he died.
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At least you gave him some nice food and some company before he died. Ginger
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Sorry to hear it Free range chickens definitely are a lot more prone to predators, and since this little guy wasn't able to fly that probably didn't help. We have Silkies which are also a flightless chicken and we would hate to let them roam around too. But at least you got to enjoy him for a little while, and thanks for the pictures of him
Free range chickens definitely are a lot more prone to predators, and since this little guy wasn't able to fly that probably didn't help. We have Silkies which are also a flightless chicken and we would hate to let them roam around too. But at least you got to enjoy him for a little while, and thanks for the pictures of him Re: Chicken
Oh! I am sorry! But I am glad the last leg of his life was spent being loved by you!
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Oh ...how sad! Thank you for caring about him. Poor thing.