So I killed a chicken....

This is about working my way country right. I bout 17 chicken for $90 great deal! My roos are happy. Im no long over ran by horney males and unwilling pullets.  Its to hold me over till I can start get some layers. Quiet possibly make some egg-stra (like the play on words) doe selling eggs.  But right away one had Egg Peritonitis so bad its rear was hairless and swollen out. In doing research. Finding I couldnt save it.  And my son wanting to be a scientist we killed and disected it.

I couldn't bare wringing the neck. I wanted to do it a humane way...but *ashamed* I drowned it.  I used this as a learning experience for my son. I told him it really wasnt the best way to kill a chicken. It wasnt humane. It was just the only way I could do it. But the chicken was suffering.   He still wants to wring a RIR chickens neck....

So....in skinning the chicken I was able to show muscle and fat and we plucked a few feathers.....amazingly....now I think about it once the chicken was dead....minus skinning it....it wasnt much diffrent then pulling stuff out of store bought chicken except its cleaner lol.

So I opened up the buldging butt....and was kinda upset at first thinking maybe I killed it for no reason. I saw what I thought was fat. I continue pulling it out and it registered it was partially cooked egg yolk. It filled her insides and was causing the buldging of her rear.  I found her intestants,  her liver, and then my hand hit blood sqwishy warm not like the yolk and I found the rest of the organs....including the one lung that was yolk engulfed.

Now I am parinoid about the others.

But for another day....I am trying booby-bating again wish me luck!

I know I know I need to write write write!

Playing catchup.  Its been 6 weeks since I fractured my foot (the 5th metatarsal)  on days I am more active the nights are tough. Doing the simplest things are tough. Like walking. I missed walking. I miss walking barefooted without accidentally stepping wrong causing pains.... I miss being active and sweating and seeing a decline in numbers on the scale. And if I dont do something soon I will start gaining.....due to boredom.  I missed out on 10lbs of weight loss. So now instead of hoping to be in the 210-19.....I pray to be close to 225. And since I will be starting completely from scratch my theory is I can lose a good bit in a short time (I think my last start off was 13lbs in 3 weeks before it slowed to 3 then 2 lbs a week....I hope. Need to work out)

Chickens.....float. 3 naked necks 6 chicks with momma and roo sleep on the cat tree in the house. Roo.....needs to go back out cock a doodle dooing in the wee hours. But he is in for the fact im trying to detalon and its easier to catch him their.  My momma hen is finally laying DAILY again. And as m6ch as Id like to be ontop of things I am behind on my chicken business.

We are getting a free goat....just have to fence in yard first.  The cat miss carried her kittens....the bunny can jump out the hutch (which is crazy we were blaming our youngest for letting it out....but I guess not) and we have a dog temporarily till we can find it a home.

We visited some friends a few weeks back.....I got a koi fish tattoo. My left leg is dedicated to the beach and ocean....

But she has a beautiful roo....a porcelain d'uccle.....so I am bringing her my d'uccle to get that blue hue!

Oh I have a new job working at a hotel.  I have a buyer with a house UC .... and I just lost my mind...... I dont remember what else I wanted to write.

Full schedule

Man let me tell you. I have a hud contract to deal with. Kinda scary havent done one in 4 years. Pain in the butt. And now this new job. Its been forever since I been on a computer doing data entry. God I hope by some miracle I just get better today. Its unpaid training :( gotta study notes today.  Well wish me luck

Weekend away

It was so much needed. I wish I got more pictures. But my family vacation was really them getting away. The kids played with othet kids ran through the woods. Chased chickens. Yelled. Played. Had home made pizza and wings. Stayed up late. Wish I could say slept in. Went camping.....though all the older ones ended up inside so I went and slept with the youngens. Then came home with chiggers and seed tickd in places where the sun dont shine.

The adults sipped on beer and talked of the good old days.....I sipped to much much needed wine after a very nerve wrecking week and fell out.  But then again im usually tired. I got a cute tattoo. And while the grownups were reminiscing, having bottle rocket war and kids were playing ....I worked.

So Monday came and I DIDNT MENTION BUT I GOT A NEW JOB!!!!!!! Its minimum wage. But full time. Meaning secure income. I have so many plans! Selling houses. Chicken stuff......oh the work I did all weekend was a hud bid. And I got aj accepted contract! Eeeeee

Oh and my friends little boy insisted on putting the sticks from the rockets in the vase so I made flowers!