This means war! The Bobcat and my chicken

[GB1]

has scrambles growled again

 

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[smokeythecat]

No, her worship has not growled again. I sat with them over an hour yesterday, waiting. I guess too many blueberry muffins.

 

[Honest Samuel]

Too many muffins make the chickens go to the bathroom more then normal.

 

[smokeythecat]

Actually Honest, that part of them is not measured!

 

[tinpan]

Hi, Wife busy today so she going to the country bakery on the way home. She asked what i wanted for lunch.I asked for Chicken Maryland but she said there was none. Couple of chicken pies will do. TP

 

[smokeythecat]

Buy one for Scrambie. She likes chicken. She also likes pork. And eggs. And mouse tar tar.

 

[GB1]

that chicken is really creppy

 

[smokeythecat]

No, she's actually quite normal. Chickens have personalities. I don't have a rooster. With the absence of the "protector" rooster, Scrambles is now the alpha. She is the head girl and protects the other two. Chickens are (supposedly) descended from dinosaurs, like the velociraptors. If you remember "Jurassic Park" those were the smaller ones that chased and ate everybody. The wild junglefowl in Asia is where our modern chickens came from. They still fly. Some of the Bantam chickens can fly somewhat.

A chicken is an omnivore, just like a human. They can eat just about anything we can although chocolate and avacado are no-no's for them.

And as vertebrates, they have most of the same organs we do. Time to go and give the girls their breakfast.

 

[littlehugger]

Yup. She definitely is a bird of a different feather. Doesn't listen, doesn't lay eggs, sings the "egg" song AFTER she eats the egg, runs away, doesn't like to get pet, growls, is greedy, yup - the perfect pet!

Here's a pic of her worship.

(At least she thinks she's special. A special *what* we'll probably never know.)

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Seems to me, a chicken like that is only good for eating.

 

[GB1]

i wouldn't eat that chicken

 

[Duckshot]

I think that breed is Muscovy. Roosters are a lot meaner than drake ducks. You really needed a bobcat for him. Male ducks will also kill all the babies (their babies) if given a chance. I had some ducks and the drake killed all 8 of the 1/3 grown babies one morning for no reason whatsoever.

Back to reality - I let Scrambie and her two friends out today for some grass. They ate the whole lawn.

The drakes kill ducklings to open up the hen. Ducks ain't stoopid, just very selfish. And spiteful little buggers too, yet somehow still delicious!

 

[smokeythecat]

Yes, they are delicious. Nasty, dirty critters too. The chickens are much less work than owning a duck.

 

[Duckshot]

You ain't kidding. I grew 15 ducklings once. For some stupid reason we thought they needed a pool. Got a one of them plastic koi pond liners. The ducks crap in their water and in even in their food The pool became a cesspool every week. I'll bet a duck out craps a chicken ten to one.

Ended up with eleven at the slaughter out of fifteen ducklings. One died a week in, two got eaten by a skunk, and the last was MIA. Man I do not miss cleaning that duck pool, but ducks are indeed delicious! I can't remember the breed we raised but they look just like mallards.

 

[fistfulladirt]

Muscovy hens aren’t exactly the friendliest coop mates either. The two I had would latch on to the chickens with their beaks and not let go. Poor hens would drag ‘em around the coop. When the Muscovy hens were out, they’d try to mate with our tame bunnies. I didn’t care for the bird’s dry, greasy meat much at all (as that’s how they ended up, cooked).

 

[smokeythecat]

Chickens are much more user friendly.

 

[Tpmetal]

Yes, they are delicious. Nasty, dirty critters too. The chickens are much less work than owning a duck.

Fun fact, ducks are natures rapists. Their sex organs have developed as a direct result of this. They are brutal little creatures

 

[smokeythecat]

On a new subject, her worship, Scrambles the Wonder Chicken still will not growl again and now it's raining and she's complaining about that.

 

[BigWaveDave]

Late to the thread... a fun read.
One of my chickens barks like my dog, a short, high pitched yelp, hard to tell who did it sometimes.

 

[smokeythecat]

That's funny.

 

[Limitool]

Muscovy hens aren’t exactly the friendliest coop mates either. The two I had would latch on to the chickens with their beaks and not let go. Poor hens would drag ‘em around the coop. When the Muscovy hens were out, they’d try to mate with our tame bunnies. I didn’t care for the bird’s dry, greasy meat much at all (as that’s how they ended up, cooked).

A Muscovy duck it WAS..! Nastiest damn duck breed on planet earth (so I say). They have more balls then brains (unless YOU own a gun). What does MUSCOVY mean... "wart headed"...?