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Lose a chicken, lose your
Lose a chicken, lose your license to raise chickens. That's how things should be.
Doesn't seem like a problem
Doesn't seem like a problem begging to be solved. Coyotes and raccoons will solve it first.
(Or maybe this was a parody of some recurring uhub argument.)
Bird flu and other
Bird flu and other communicable disease are no joke. No one wants a dirty bird being a cock of the walk.
You're worried about a
You're worried about a problem that has happened 0 times in the United States.
Adorable!
Poor Thing
Probably escaped slaughter.
Please consider taking her to an animal sanctuary, such as Winslow Farm in Norton.
Wha?
Who's beheading chickens in JP?
The tech industry, obviously
JP is full of geeks
This is a hen, not a chicken
The chicken that you buy to eat is 5-7 weeks old. This hen would be called a capon, in the butcher shop. It would be prepared as a stew or soup. They can be flavorful, but need to be slow cook to render the more abundant connective tissue. This animal is probably laying eggs. I don't know breeds.
I Bet It Tastes Like Chicken
Not quite
Not quite. A hen is an adult female chicken, a capon is a neutered male chicken.
Not quite
No hen would be called a capon. A capon is a castrated male chicken, AKA cockerel or rooster. As such, not likely to be laying eggs. Capons are considerably larger than standard roasting chickens, but are similarly tender and good for roasting: http://www.dartagnan.com/what-is-a-capon-how-to-cook.html
You may be thinking of what used to be sold in the markets as a "stewing hen," which is in fact a mature hen (10 to 18 months old, possibly a retired laying hen) and needs to be stewed or made into soup: https://www.producer.com/2014/02/mature-hen-basis-for-easy-to-prepare-ec...
Stewing Hen — Sometimes Called A "Heavy Hen"
( from: "What is the difference between a hen and a chicken?" )
Escaped Slaughter?
More likely flew the coop.
This is a laying hen - you don't kill laying hens.
Vegans are nuts!
People often kill laying hens...
when they stop laying. And then they eat them.
(Or they just keep feeding them for a decade or so as long as they aren't particularly hoping for any eggs in return. The "old ladies" keep the younger layers company, and I suspect also help keep a lookout for predators...)
I think we need a Chicken Liberation Front.
n/t
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Door
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Chicken hasn’t come home
To roost yet!
I have 1st hand info that the owner(not identified yet) has not come to collect their wayward chicken. Chicken is enjoying a fenced in yard and garden just over the line in Roslindale in the Bournedale section.
Lost Chicken
FYI - I know of a person who lost a chicken that looked like this one.
She thought the coyotes got it.
I will forward her this url.
Have you seen this chicken?
That's because
That's because it had already hatched.
am i the only one
Who sees a headless person in that photo?!?!
Good thing this wasn't in
Good thing this wasn't in Cambridge.
The city said zoning rules prohibit *anything* that isn't explicitly allowed. And chickens are unusual, so therefore they have to be stopped by the city.
Yes, but the burning question is . . .
Which came first? And will it cross the road?