Chickens

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Our chickens are pretty much shut down. They will not step a toe in snow if they have a choice.
Does this mean you have Chicken Chickens ??
 
They're all turkeys
 
Every time I think about chickens my local meat market puts drumstix on sale for 28c a pound. I guess its due to the wing demand. Only 2 wings per bird. Wings $2.50 Lb
 
Does this mean you have Chicken Chickens ??

The white and red ones are chicken chickens. The rest are bolder. One of the yellow ones is so bold that she will occasionally put a foot in the snow. Also she will invade your chair while you're sitting on it to see if you have corn, or if you yourself are edible today (she checks for both).

They're all turkeys

I am pretty good at spotting the difference due to local circumstances!

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Every time I think about chickens my local meat market puts drumstix on sale for 28c a pound. I guess its due to the wing demand. Only 2 wings per bird. Wings $2.50 Lb

I love that the bigger, more delicious part of the leg costs less. More for me!

Also, 28¢? Think about chickens at my grocery store, please!
 
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A friend has guinea hens together with his chickens. He says he is starting to prefer the guinea hens.
 
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I'm not sure his neighbours would...

This was a local court case a few years ago...

http://forums.bcac.bc.ca/content.ph...al-farm-practices-where-s-the-justice-in-that
They've had them for several years now. It helps that they live on 10 acres and surrounding neighbors are not close. I've heard that guinea hens can be noisy, but when I last visited and stayed overnight (camping outside) I never noticed their hens to be particularly noisy. It might be that they are not fully free ranging and flying into the trees and woods or that living with chickens has reduced their chatter. I believe they are in the pheasant family.
 
Check out these funny looking chickens running around my wood houses!
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Hard to get anything done in the garden with these guys around...
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Harder yet if you're a cat.

 
I had one die suddenly the other day- the wife (the local chicken expert) thinks she was egg-bound. She was fine the day before.

I let the remaining 5 out yesterday...

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...but they were cruelly trapped in a 2x12 area outside the run... UNTIL....

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...they escaped, only to be even more cruelly trapped on a 2x2 grassy patch.

It's hard to be a chicken.
 
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