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The other day, one of my chickens, Chiquita", slipped on ice and fell into the chilly waters of my pond. She didn't make it. I gave tried to resucsitate her using a straw and I even zapped her a couple of times with my Electro pounce. But she was gone. Little Chiquita, she's now in that big barn in the sky.
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Losing a pet chicken is a sad thing - especially one with a name. But the mental picture of you doing CPR and then zapping it with your electrical pounce did make me smile (uncontrollably). I can just imagine you yelling CLEAR! as you threw the switch...
-grampa dan
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When I was a child, my Mom took a group of young chicks that had frozen and put them on a towel on the radiator. They thawed and most of them survived. One came around with a permanent crooked neck. Crazy as it sounds, it is true. Bill
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Oh-my-gosh Alicia, you made me laugh there - the electropounce for CPR! I too am sorry for your loss of the lovely Chiquita even though I'm laughing as I write this.
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I am sorry for your loss. You'll never ever know how hard it is to leave it at that and not let loose with a round of puns that would get me banned.
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So we have the tragic loss of life and the desparate attempts of the owner to save her beloved pet and all Raymond can think about is his stomach.
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Not Chiquita, I think you was telling me about her the other day. damn that sux, sorry to hear about that...
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I have seen the pond. It is a work of art. A well landscaped area. Did she leave a note..?
Jus,kiddn'Sorry to hear that.
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The next morning, about the same time the chicken was found in the pond, I saw a great blue heron perched at the pond. When he saw me he flew off. I wanted to question him. Maybe he pushed the chicken in the pond. Hmmmm?
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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There was recently an amazing show on PBS titled "My Life As A Turkey". A naturalist raised a flock of wild turkeys, living with them exclusively for a full year, it's a great story and beautiful photography. I highly recommend watching it, it will make you look at poultry differently. One of his favorites was a female called Sweet Pea. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/my-life-as-a-turkey/full-episode/7378/
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if you have nothing else to do, check out Mike the headless chicken, survived for months after getting the axe, and Father goose, he trained a flock of geese to follow his ultralight
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Well My Sister has a small Parakeet, it fell in the toilet of all things and was for all accounts dead... a neighbor came by and did something to it, and guess what? He came back to life, the Bird is still singing to this day. Actually there's going to be a new show on TV in Canada at least call Pets 911, or something like that, they brought in actors and re-inacted the scene... watch for it next year... Honestly this no joke.
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Really Neil, Maybe I should dig up Chiquita and hook her up to the electro pounce a few more times.
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He compressed his Chest, and I guess he just spit the water out... Honestly, I like a Joke, but I'm not Kidding... I sort of sound like the Boy who called Wolf.lol
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