Mom had said that unless the rooster's crowing wakes her up at night we can keep him. Well, in the past few days he has been cornering Angel and pecking and well, attacking her. A rooster should NOT act this way. When it happens Angel will screech out this awful noise and afterwords she keeps trembling till she falls completely asleep. Samson will be leaving, anyone want an abusive rooster, anyone?
I have some pictures of them on their coop at night.
Judges
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Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!”....
16:31
Then his brothers and his father’s whole family went down to get him. They brought him back and buried him...
Abby,
ReplyDeleteQ...Have you ever been to a chicken do?
A...What's a chicken do?
" Bahk bahk bahk bahk!! "
1949 cartoon Foghorn Leghorn
ReplyDeleteGrandpa Hawk: "You'll probably hate me for what I'm gonna do, but after all, I am a chicken hawk."
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Henery Hawk: Ah, I ain't so little.
Grandpa Hawk: I've told you Henery, why you're too little to hunt chickens with me.
Henery Hawk: You mean on account of what you was telling me that chickens are great, big monsters?
Grandpa Hawk: Yep.
Henery Hawk: They got big, sharp teeth and they live in caves?
Grandpa Hawk: That's right.
Henery Hawk: And they fight like demons?
Grandpa Hawk: Right.
Henery Hawk: Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go get some.
Chicken soup is a soup made by bringing to a boil and then simmering chicken parts and/or bones in water, with various vegetables and flavorings. The classic chicken soup consists of a clear broth, often served with small pieces of chicken or vegetables, or with noodles or dumplings, or grains such as rice and barley. Chicken soup has also acquired the reputation of a folk remedy for colds and flus, and in many countries is considered a classic comfort food.
ReplyDeleteChip Chicken Lollipops
ReplyDelete"This is a fun recipe for a children's party...but found adults love it even more. Experiment with various potato chip flavors. I happen to like barbecue chips, but my husband enjoys the sour cream and onion variety. Serve with honey mustard dressing, ranch dressing, thousand island dressing or ketchup for dipping"
Ingredients
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut into 1/2 inch cubes 1 egg 2 tablespoons milk 2 cups crushed potato chips lollipop sticks from a craft or party store
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
Crush potato chips onto a plate. In a large bowl, whisk together egg and milk. Dip the chicken cubes into the egg mixture, then coat well with potato chips. Spread the nuggets onto the baking sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes. Turn nuggets over, and bake for 10 minutes more, until golden brown. Remove baking sheet from oven, and insert a lollipop stick into each nugget.
Abby,
ReplyDeleteQ...What runs around the pasture but doesn't move?
A... The fence.
Aunt Martha’s Roast Rooster “Adam”
ReplyDelete“When Una got home Faith was lying face downwards on her bed, utterly refusing to be comforted. Aunt Martha had killed Adam. He was reposing on a platter in the pantry that very minute, trussed and dressed, encircled by his liver and heart and gizzard. Aunt Martha heeded Faith’s passion of grief and anger not a whit.
“We had to have something for the strange minister’s dinner,” she said. “You’re too big a girl to make such a fuss over an old rooster. You knew he’d have to be killed sometime.” — Rainbow Valley, ch.xix
Problem Roosters
ReplyDeleteManfighting roosters can be a real challenge to keep. If you get a rooster that turns mean on you, and wants to attack you every time he sees you, you have a couple of options. You can try to fix the problem, you can live with it, or you can cull the rooster, and have chicken for dinner. If you decide to fix his problem, I have listed below some ways to try to straighten him out. The first thing you need to do, is make sure that you don’t kick the rooster away from you, or act aggressive towards him in any way. A good breeder never takes aggressive action against a manfighting rooster, as this will only make the situation worse. In mild cases, you can sometimes just take a chair into the pen with you, sit down, and spend time with your chickens. You can take treats with you, and work on getting them to eat out of your hand. Then eventually, handling the birds too. When feeding time comes, sit down on your chair, and spread a little food on the ground next to your feet, and get the birds to come right up next to you to feed. Once they get used to this, start trying to get them to feed out of your hand buy putting small amounts of feed in your cupped hand, and holding it out for them. You can use the treats for this too, like holding green grass for them to peck on. If your rooster comes up to you acting aggressive, talk soothing to him, and gently push him back if he looks like he is going to spur you. As the chickens become more used to you, start touching them as you feed them. The more they are comfortable with your touch, the friendlier they will become. If you get to the point you can pick up the rooster without chasing him, do so, and pet him on his chest, and talk soothing to him. Some people like to wear gloves so they wont get pecked. If this works, all you have to do is keep doing it to keep your roosters friendly. With roosters that chase you, you will need to separate the rooster from all other chickens, and keep him from seeing them also. Some place dark will help. Place him in this dark room, and leave him there for two days, without feed, and water, so he is very hungry and thirsty when you see him next time. After this, feed him a small amount of food, and water him. Work with some of the same methods above to get him to eat out of your hand, so you can touch him. You might be surprised how happy he will be to see you after being alone in the dark, and hungry. After a couple of weeks of this, and he should responds well, move him back to hens pen in the light again. If you can get this to work, just keep handling him, and working with him, and he might come around. If none if this works, cull him.
Amazing Dog
ReplyDeleteAn avid duck hunter was in the market for a new bird dog. His search ended when he found a dog that could actually walk on water to retrieve a duck. Shocked by his find, he was sure none of his friends would ever believe him.
He decided to try to break the news to a friend of his, a pessimist by nature, and invited him to hunt with him and his new dog. As they waited by the shore, a flock of ducks flew by. They fired, and a duck fell. The dog responded and jumped into the water. The dog, however, did not sink but instead walked across the water to retrieve the bird, never getting more than his paws wet. The friend saw everything but did not say a single word.
On the drive home the hunter asked his friend, "Did you notice anything unusual about my new dog?" "Sure did," responded his friend. "He can't swim."
The young teacher was complaining to her friends about how badly she was being paid. "We get a really poultry amount each month," she said. "You mean 'paltry'," corrected one of her friends. "No. I don't. I mean 'poultry'," replied the teacher. "What I earn is chicken feed."
ReplyDeleteShakespeare brings the cock’s shrill clarion even into his fairyland, for Ariel’s song breaks off at this signal:
ReplyDelete“Hark, hark! I hear
The strain of strutting chanticleer
Cry, Cock-a-diddle-dow.” [The Tempest – I, 2]
Owl
ReplyDeleteThere Was An Owl
There was an owl
who lived in an oak.
The more he heard,
the less he spoke;
the less he spoke,
the more he heard-
We all should be
like that wise old bird.
Capulet, bustling among his household, gave them a three-fold indication of the time:
ReplyDelete“Come, stir, stir, stir! the second cock hath crow’d,
The curfew-bell hath rung, ‘tis three o’clock.”
[Romeo and Juliet – IV, 4]
But the most detailed and impressive reference to this familiar bird occurs in the memorable scene on the platform before the Castle of Elsinore. The ghost had just appeared to Hamlet’s friends and
ReplyDeleteBERNARDO: “It was about to speak, when the cock crew.”
HORATIO: “And then it started like a guilty thing
Upon a fearful summons. I have heard,
The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn,
Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat
Awake the god of day; and, at his warning,
Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air,
The extravagant and erring spirit hies
To his confine: and of the truth herein
This present object made probation.”
MARCELLUS: “It faded on the crowing of the cock.
Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes
Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated,
The bird of dawning singeth all night long:
And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad;
The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike,
No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm,
So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.” [Hamlet – I, 1]
Definition of ROOSTER
ReplyDelete1a : an adult male domestic chicken : cock b : an adult male of various birds other than the domestic chicken
2: a cocky or vain man
Deuteronomy 22:6-7
6: If you come across a bird’s nest beside the road, either in a tree or on the ground, and the mother is sitting on the young or on the eggs, do not take the mother with the young.
7: You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may go well with you and you may have a long life.
LUKE 13:34 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
ReplyDelete"Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets."
ReplyDeleteHenry Ford
"I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every Sunday."
Henry IV
"Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral."
Frank Lloyd Wright
"The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it."
Arnold H. Glasow
"What's the two things they tell you are healthiest to eat? Chicken and fish. You know what you should do? Combine them, eat a penguin."
Dave Attell
WHY CHICKENS DIE
ReplyDeleteIn a state where more than 730 million chickens are produced each year, a certain number of dead birds are to be expected. Some of the common reasons chickens die are:
STRESS: Poultry companies breed birds to grow extremely fast, and their hearts are too weak to withstand stress. A sudden noise, a burst of exertion or even eating too fast can cause a chicken to keel over from a heart attack.
SUFFOCATION: If chickens become frightened,
they sometimes pile on top of each other and
smother. A failure in a chicken house's
ventilation system can suffocate a whole house,as many as 25,000 chickens.
HEAT: Chickens have a high body temperature
and can't sweat. They succumb easily to heat.
DISEASE: Avian flu has not yet been spotted in the United States, but plenty of other diseases circulate through American poultry flocks, killing weak birds. Diseases usually take three to seven days to become evident, so if a farmer transports dead birds off his farm, he could unknowingly contaminate landfills or rendering plants.
LILUYE: Miwok name meaning "singing chicken hawk
ReplyDeleteZITKALA: Dakota name meaning bird."that soars."
LITONYA: Miwok name meaning "darting hummingbird."
SISIKA: bird
CHOGAN: Algonquin name meaning "blackbird."
KWATOKO: Hopi name meaning "bird with big beak."
MOCHNI: Hopi name meaning "talking bird."
CHILAILI: snowbird
CHIMALIS: bluebird
CHOLENA: bird
CHOSOVI: Hopi name meaning bluebird."
CHOSPOSI: Hopi name meaning bluebird eye."
DOLI: Navajo name meaning "bluebird."
Native American Names & Meanings
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ABEDABUN: Cheyenne name meaning sight of day."
ABEQUA, ABEQUE: Cheyenne name meaning stays at home."
ABETZI: Omaha name meaning "yellow leaf."
ABEY: Omaha name meaning "leaf."
ABEYTU: Omaha name meaning "green leaf."
Rooster
ReplyDeleteJapanese: Ondori
Spanish: gallo
German: Hahn
Chinese: gōngjī
French: coq
What are egg shells made of?
ReplyDeleteThe main ingredient in eggshells is calcium carbonate (the same brittle white stuff that chalk, limestone, cave stalactites, sea shells, coral, and pearls are made of). The shell itself is about 95% CaCO3 (which is also the main ingredient in sea shells). The remaining 5% includes calcium phosphate and magnesium carbonate and soluble and insoluble proteins.
RE: How do you kill a mean rooster?
ReplyDeleteHe is gone. KABOOM. Just one shot and it was instant. Yes, I am so glad he is gone and, no --- I don't feel bad at all. We shouldn't have kept feeding him after his big fight and he probably would have died a very natural (very slow) death.
And Genny, we did try to find a home for him but people don't want a mean rooster. Putting him in a cage would be worse than killing him. He was used to free-ranging and jail would not be a good life for him.
We keep chickens because they please us. We feed them, care for them and they just plain wouldn't be alive if not for us. Right now there is another rooster who is just as bad, but he is spoken for. If they don't get him this weekend. KABOOM. (Shot Gun)
Amos 3:5
ReplyDeleteDoes a bird fall into a trap on the ground where no snare has been set? Does a trap spring up from the earth when there is nothing to catch?
Ecclesiastes 10:20 Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say.
ReplyDeleteActs 23:5 Paul replied, "Brothers, I did not realize that he was the high priest; for it is written: 'Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.'"
Proverbs 23:5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
Numbers 35:19 The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death.
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