Chicken/egg question

[Oddcaliber]

Forgot to turn off the chicken cam this morning and I have 1873 pics.

I'd like 3 8x10 and a half dozen wallet size. LOL

 

[Cindyd]

My new expanded free range area should have been done today but it looked like a hellofa storm was moving in and the guys left before putting the gate door in because of that...it didnt rain and 5 minutes after they left, sun came back out...oh well! said he'll be back early in morning to get it done....after all..it is Friday and I paid them before they left! That was before the sky turned black for 5-10 minutes!

 

[user 7704]

One of my roosters is dying. He is under the coop and won't come out. He is big and I can't bother him because he is mean. That funky eyelid the have is all you can see. Mine always get like that before the die.

 

[user 7704]

Checked under the coop and my rooster is still alive. He hasn't moved though.

 

[user 7704]

I put on layers of clothes, leather bee gloves and crawled under coop and got out my ill rooster. I put him in the infirmary. He is eating and drinking.

Not sure what type meds to give him. He has been limping so maybe his old bones are just giving out.

 

[Survivor_316]

I put on layers of clothes, leather bee gloves and crawled under coop and got out my ill rooster. I put him in the infirmary. He is eating and drinking.

Not sure what type meds to give him. He has been limping so maybe his old bones are just giving out.

Poor thing.
Our roosters never live to be old. They always battle something out and lose.

I would have loved to see you crawling under that coop, though. Way to go for getting creative!

 

[Proud Prepper]

I put on layers of clothes, leather bee gloves and crawled under coop and got out my ill rooster. I put him in the infirmary. He is eating and drinking.

Not sure what type meds to give him. He has been limping so maybe his old bones are just giving out.

You know what to give him in his water.

 

[user 7704]

You know what to give him in his water.

I have cdh

 

[user 7704]

My roo died.

 

[Proud Prepper]

My roo died.

So your having chicken tonight?

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

At least he had a sheltered place to pass away without being afraid.

 

[user 7704]

So your having chicken tonight?

He was old and tough.

 

[Mountain trapper]

We lost one of our meat chickens 2 days ago. Don't know why, maybe the heat? We had 92 degs that day. I put a fan in the brooder house and we have shade cloths over the windows.

 

[Proud Prepper]

He was old and tough.

I bet Leon would have enjoyed him.

 

[user 7704]

I bet Leon would have enjoyed him.

I threw him in the woods, so someone is enjoying

 

[Mountain trapper]

I threw him in the woods, so someone is enjoying

I just threw a rattlesnake in the woods.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

I put an end to rattlesnakes. Can’t stand them. Nor copperheads. Vicious creatures.

 

[DrHenley]

I put an end to rattlesnakes. Can’t stand them. Nor copperheads. Vicious creatures.

Pussycats compared to cottonmouths. We have all three at BOL1. I have yet to see any kind of snake at BOL2, even down in the marsh, but I wear snake boots anyhow.

 

[user 7704]

I hate all snakes. As my daughter at age 6 said when asked how big the snake was " "big enough"

 

[poltiregist]

I have worked in the woods a lot , including wading through alligator and snake infested swamps , chest deep , with the forestry commission . Cottonmouths occasionally without any prodding will simply see you and come slithering for you in an attack mode . Only once did I have a rattlesnake race after me . I actually had a foot race with the rattlesnake snake in pursuit for maybe 50 yards . A snake can travel fast . That race ended when I ran by a stick , picked it up and killed the snake . I found out later why that rattlesnake was so hell bent on biting me . Only an hour or so before I walked up , someone had ran a brush cutter over the top of the snake , not being aware they had went over a rattlesnake .

 

[Survivor_316]

I'm going to have to send some roos to freezer camp because we have too many. I'm not looking forward to it. I know I am a sentimental fool, but I hate taking lives of any animal.

I think I'll beg my husband do do the actual dispatch.

 

[user 7704]

I've had to kill a few who were sick or injured. Wasn't fun. As I have mentioned before, NEVER kill a hen in front of a rooster. He gets really angry.

 

[Survivor_316]

I've had to kill a few who were sick or injured. Wasn't fun. As I have mentioned before, NEVER kill a hen in front of a rooster. He gets really angry.

Good advice. Thank you. We have an area away from the coops and hen house we will take them.

I was thinking about my favorite hen when considering harvesting these roosters. Just last night, I picked her up and sat her on my lap because one little buckling keeps trying to headbutt her when he is in the chicken yard. She fell asleep in my lap and rolled on her side. It is hard to kill one of the flock when they are that trusting of me.

It's the same reason I haven't actually harvested any of our rabbits. I am just a big old wimp.

 

[Proud Prepper]

Good advice. Thank you. We have an area away from the coops and hen house we will take them.

I was thinking about my favorite hen when considering harvesting these roosters. Just last night, I picked her up and sat her on my lap because one little buckling keeps trying to headbutt her when he is in the chicken yard. She fell asleep in my lap and rolled on her side. It is hard to kill one of the flock when they are that trusting of me.

It's the same reason I haven't actually harvested any of our rabbits. I am just a big old wimp.

Hunger will change all that.

 

[Survivor_316]

Hunger will change all that.

I'm sure you're right. And especially if I were working as hard as I would be if shtf.

I don't mind killing certain things. It's just the cuddly ones! I never felt bad about cattle. They're like burgers on hooves to me. And I can hunt no problem.

 

[Mountain trapper]

I think I'll beg my husband do do the actual dispatch.

That's the easy part.

My wife is borderline nuts, at least. She wants to keep some of her meat chickens, Red Broilers, because they are "so cute" and friendly. I'm just looking forward to putting them on the grill.

 

[Survivor_316]

That's the easy part.

My wife is borderline nuts, at least. She wants to keep some of her meat chickens, Red Broilers, because they are "so cute" and friendly. I'm just looking forward to putting them on the grill.

I think your wife and I are kindred spirits.

 

[DrHenley]

Cottonmouths occasionally without any prodding will simply see you and come slithering for you in an attack mode .

I have had that happen three times.
The first time I was working at a summer camp and we were having problems with cottonmouths stealing fish from right by kids' feet as they were fishing at a particular spot. So I took a canoe at night to see where the snakes were hanging out. I found it alright. A downed tree in the water next to the spot was covered with snakes. When I shot one of them they all dropped into the water and swam en masse straight at the canoe. It was like a scene from a horror movie. There were too many snakes to shoot, so I started whacking them with a machete as fast as I could swing it. It didn't take long before I realized I was losing, and beat a hasty retreat.
The next time, I was shooting at the edge of a swamp and TWO cottonmouths came up out of the swamp and came straight at me. I guess I disturbed their nap time.
The other time I was taking a break on a sandbar during a canoe trip. A little cottonmouth no bigger around than a pencil charged me. I hit it with the canoe paddle but it kept coming, and didn't stop until I beat it to death with the paddle. I guess that was HIS sandbar!

 

[user 7704]

I have had that happen three times.
The first time I was working at a summer camp and we were having problems with cottonmouths stealing fish from right by kids' feet as they were fishing at a particular spot. So I took a canoe at night to see where the snakes were hanging out. I found it alright. A downed tree in the water next to the spot was covered with snakes. When I shot one of them they all dropped into the water and swam en masse straight at the canoe. It was like a scene from a horror movie. There were too many snakes to shoot, so I started whacking them with a machete as fast as I could swing it. It didn't take long before I realized I was losing, and beat a hasty retreat.
The next time, I was shooting at the edge of a swamp and TWO cottonmouths came up out of the swamp and came straight at me. I guess I disturbed their nap time.
The other time I was taking a break on a sandbar during a canoe trip. A little cottonmouth no bigger around than a pencil charged me. I hit it with the canoe paddle but it kept coming, and didn't stop until I beat it to death with the paddle. I guess that was HIS sandbar!

I would have had a heart attack.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

Records show Rattlesnakes to have the most deadly venom and Copperheads to bite the most people…by far.