seriously !!!
Meggan ( a copper black ) became ill this weekend - sunday to be precise, best day for vets as it cost about 7 times what the chicken cost me just to see the vet !!!
any how, meggan looked ill, drooping tail, listless, dodgy eyes etc so rang the vet who said she knew very little about chickens but if she ( the chicken not the vet ) was egg bound then steaming would help !!! So duly ran very hot bath and placed chicken next to it for approx 4 hours - nothing appeared so rang vet again and she advised us to take megan along to surgery... £97, a dose of antobiotics ( for something called sour crop, which am now suspecting was something the vet made up to justify extortionate fee ) and a lesson in how to massage a chickens crop whilst holding the bird upside down, later... meggan is much improved. I have had a busy weekend and the ironing pile has not reduced at all... bloody chickens !! Am now planning to retrain as a vet or a chicken masseuse ( is that how you spell it ??? )
more later - much later !!
You didn't consider doing your goldfish swapping trick (obviously not exchanginging her for a goldfish, the kids might notice that) and having chicken roast for Sunday lunch?
ReplyDeletehave to admit it cross my mind for a second... but a)guy would have noticed as his chicken is very tame b)definitely NOT enough meat on that bird, very skinny and c)megan is veryy vocal and would not have gone quietly !!!!
ReplyDeleteI reckon she'd have gone very quiet after about half a cluck with the administration of a humane hatchet to the back of the neck...
ReplyDeleteIt works on vets as well... just remember to do it before you've paid 'em!
It used to take Pop Trower about two hours to slaughter a bird for our christmas dinner, every year somebody different would come up with a sure-fire way to painlessly despatch a chucky-fowl... he tried them all, he never seemed to twig that quick and hard is the kindest method.
my favoured method was a large pole and a foot either side with the chookies neck under the pole - a swift yank on its legs and jobs a goodun !!! however, granny annie used this method on a lame bantum once and placed what she thought was a dispatched body into a sack, an hour later the dead bird was hopping round in the sack as right as rain...Granny annie had popped its legs back into its hip joints !!! happy days !!!!
ReplyDeleteYes, I agree about the best method of despatch, Sal. I fact you've reminded me of a incident from my teenage years that I may put on my blog this evening, although it's a bit ripe for modern telling, perhaps. I'll think about it.
ReplyDeleteLove Pa.
P.s. With you method it ends up not so much a chookie as a chokie.
ReplyDeletePa - nice one !!!
ReplyDeleteLoved your Swedish posts, very sad about the old silver birch tree, but all goods things.... as they say.
Did you manage to get a crossword this weekend, bit of a stinker I think. Last week was much better/easier !!!
Will try and call later as playing taxi driver for most of offspring and Mikey this evening !!!
Hi Stig. Done about two thirds/three quarters of it. As you say - a stinker. We'll have to compare notes soon.
ReplyDeleteCheers, Pa.