[OT] Bird flu

Zog The Undeniable said:

My parents are away until March and have 8 hens outside (someone else
feeds and waters them and collects the eggs). If the Government
requires all poultry to be brought indoors I'll have to drive the 30
miles over there, clear out the shed, find some straw for the floor,
somehow catch 8 hens which don't know me, get them into the shed and
shut the door. In the dark, if it happens before the weekend :-(

Wait until they're asleep, they're much easier to grab that way. Okay, you
can only grab 2 at a time and the others might wake (although it's
surprising what they'll sleep through) but it works and I prefer it to
looking like a prize pillock pointlessly pursuing pestilential poultry 🙂

Of course, the ones I catch are usually introduced to Mr Axe a few seconds
later, which is a pretty good way of ensuring they are not vectors for
H5N1.

Graeme

Zog The Undeniable said:

My parents are away until March and have 8 hens outside (someone else
feeds and waters them and collects the eggs). If the Government
requires all poultry to be brought indoors I'll have to drive the 30
miles over there, clear out the shed, find some straw for the floor,
somehow catch 8 hens which don't know me, get them into the shed and
shut the door. In the dark, if it happens before the weekend :-(

Make sure that you wrap them up warm and put Lemsip in their feed ;-)
--
Let us have a moment of silence for all Americans who
are now stuck in traffic on their way to a health club
to ride a stationary bicycle. -
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (Oregon)

Tom Crispin said:

Zog The Undeniable said:

My parents are away until March and have 8 hens outside (someone else
feeds and waters them and collects the eggs). If the Government
requires all poultry to be brought indoors I'll have to drive the 30
miles over there, clear out the shed, find some straw for the floor,
somehow catch 8 hens which don't know me, get them into the shed and
shut the door. In the dark, if it happens before the weekend :-(

Make sure that you wrap them up warm and put Lemsip in their feed ;-)

According to my SO most bird flu is just male birds making a fuss about
a minor cold ;-)

--
Tony

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
right."
- Lord Hailsham

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My parents are away until March and have 8 hens outside (someone else
feeds and waters them and collects the eggs). If the Government requires
all poultry to be brought indoors I'll have to drive the 30 miles over
there, clear out the shed, find some straw for the floor, somehow catch 8
hens which don't know me, get them into the shed and shut the door. In
the dark, if it happens before the weekend :-(

We used to keep chikens when was small and they had a small house where
they roosted at night so presumably your parents have the same or do they
have no shelter from the weather. As for catching chickens I know two
methods
a) chickens often come running when food appears so a corn trail to the shed
might work.
b) if you can corner one then stick your arms up and out the chicken thinks
you're a large bird of prey and goes into "freeze mode". At that point you
pick it up and tuck it under your arm and transfer to shed.

have fun
Julia

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b) if you can corner one then stick your arms up and out the chicken
thinks you're a large bird of prey and goes into "freeze mode". At that
point you pick it up and tuck it under your arm and transfer to shed.

have fun
Julia

I do think that should the above method be utilised, we are given access to
the .mpg

For educational purposes, of course :-D

Cheers, helen s

JBB said:

We used to keep chikens when was small and they had a small house where
they roosted at night so presumably your parents have the same or do they

According to the BBC yesterday, small "hobby" farmers with <50 chickens
will only be "encouraged" to keep their chickens indoors.

--
Arthur Clune

Zog The Undeniable said:

My parents are away until March and have 8 hens outside (someone else
feeds and waters them and collects the eggs). If the Government
requires all poultry to be brought indoors I'll have to drive the 30
miles over there, clear out the shed, find some straw for the floor,
somehow catch 8 hens which don't know me, get them into the shed and
shut the door. In the dark, if it happens before the weekend :-(

You want one of these:

http://www.mindfully.org/Technology/2003/Chicken-Catching-Machine4jun03.htm

James
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James Annan said:

Zog The Undeniable said:

My parents are away until March and have 8 hens outside (someone else
feeds and waters them and collects the eggs). If the Government
requires all poultry to be brought indoors I'll have to drive the 30
miles over there, clear out the shed, find some straw for the floor,
somehow catch 8 hens which don't know me, get them into the shed and
shut the door. In the dark, if it happens before the weekend :-(

You want one of these:

http://www.mindfully.org/Technology/2003/Chicken-Catching-Machine4jun03.htm

and I found the video

http://www.seanos.net/videos/harvester.wmv

James
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see web pages for email
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/julesandjames/home/
http://julesandjames.blogspot.com/

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

You want one of these:

http://www.mindfully.org/Technology/2003/Chicken-Catching-Machine4jun0
3.htm

Quoted message said:

and I found the video

http://www.seanos.net/videos/harvester.wmv

Like something out of Wallace and Gromit isn't it?

The description of calmer chickens feeling more 'in control' doesn't really
stand does it?

JBB said:

We used to keep chikens when was small and they had a small house where
they roosted at night so presumably your parents have the same or do they
have no shelter from the weather.

Genius! They go in at night and the house is on wheels too...they won't
even realise what's happened until they wake up and think, "where's the
grass gone?"

On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 10:59:25 +0000 (UTC), "JBB" <[email hidden]>

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b) if you can corner one then stick your arms up and out the chicken thinks
you're a large bird of prey and goes into "freeze mode". At that point you
pick it up and tuck it under your arm and transfer to shed.

My brother and his family live in Shanghai. They have a maid who
helps look after the home and their two small children. Her family
village is in the countryside. Before her last return home, for
Chinese New Year, a thief stole all the commune's and villagers'
chickens - what makes it remarkable is that the chickens live in the
villagers' homes and the theft took place at night. Apparently there
is a way to tickle chickens to keep them quiet. A neigbouring commune
suffered the same fate!
--
Let us have a moment of silence for all Americans who
are now stuck in traffic on their way to a health club
to ride a stationary bicycle. -
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (Oregon)

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On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 10:59:25 +0000 (UTC), "JBB" <[email hidden]>

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b) if you can corner one then stick your arms up and out the chicken
thinks
you're a large bird of prey and goes into "freeze mode". At that point you
pick it up and tuck it under your arm and transfer to shed.

How to park your chicken......

Draw a chalk line on the ground. Grab your chicken and place it so that its
beak touches the chalk line and the axis of the chicken is at right angles
to the chalk line. Let go of chicken - it's immobilised. Don't know if it
works for multiple chickens.....

Theory is that chickens are not used to having identical views from each eye
and the brain can't cope with the oddity.

I can also 'park' crayfish and rabbits.

Vernon
master of the esotheric

Tom Crispin said:

My brother and his family live in Shanghai. They have a maid who
helps look after the home and their two small children. Her family
village is in the countryside. Before her last return home, for
Chinese New Year, a thief stole all the commune's and villagers'
chickens - what makes it remarkable is that the chickens live in the
villagers' homes and the theft took place at night. Apparently there
is a way to tickle chickens to keep them quiet. A neigbouring commune
suffered the same fate!

Bet the were led to freedom by an Imperialist Running Dog American Rhode
Island Red by the name of Rocky.

--
Tony

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
right."
- Lord Hailsham

On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 19:50:07 +0000, Tony Raven <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

My brother and his family live in Shanghai. They have a maid who
helps look after the home and their two small children. Her family
village is in the countryside. Before her last return home, for
Chinese New Year, a thief stole all the commune's and villagers'
chickens - what makes it remarkable is that the chickens live in the
villagers' homes and the theft took place at night. Apparently there
is a way to tickle chickens to keep them quiet. A neigbouring commune
suffered the same fate!

Bet the were led to freedom by an Imperialist Running Dog American Rhode
Island Red by the name of Rocky.

And now, instead of living in cramped conditions with members of
different animal species, being fed on rotten scraps, under constant
threat of attack from wild beasts, they are daily fed on fresh corn,
given a wash once a week, and a clean cage for their own.
--
Let us have a moment of silence for all Americans who
are now stuck in traffic on their way to a health club
to ride a stationary bicycle. -
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (Oregon)

vernon levy said:

How to park your chicken......

Draw a chalk line on the ground. Grab your chicken and place it so that its
beak touches the chalk line and the axis of the chicken is at right angles
to the chalk line. Let go of chicken - it's immobilised. Don't know if it
works for multiple chickens.....

Theory is that chickens are not used to having identical views from each eye
and the brain can't cope with the oddity.

I can also 'park' crayfish and rabbits.

I have forwarded this to my chicken farming colleagues for comment..

...d

David Martin said:

vernon levy said:

How to park your chicken......

Draw a chalk line on the ground. Grab your chicken and place it so that its
beak touches the chalk line and the axis of the chicken is at right angles
to the chalk line. Let go of chicken - it's immobilised. Don't know if it
works for multiple chickens.....

Theory is that chickens are not used to having identical views from each eye
and the brain can't cope with the oddity.

I can also 'park' crayfish and rabbits.

I have forwarded this to my chicken farming colleagues for comment..

I understand that you can do a similar thing with humans and televisions.

R.

JBB said:

b) if you can corner one then stick your arms up and out the chicken thinks
you're a large bird of prey and goes into "freeze mode". At that point you
pick it up and tuck it under your arm and transfer to shed.

Nah, at that point they unfreeze and shoot through your legs. Or is that
just me?

vernon levy said:

Draw a chalk line on the ground. Grab your chicken and place it so that its
beak touches the chalk line and the axis of the chicken is at right angles
to the chalk line. Let go of chicken - it's immobilised. Don't know if it
works for multiple chickens.....

It's the "grab your chicken part" that's the problem. I've heard of the
chalk line method before and tried it but it didn't work for me (or the
chicken) but I was holding it parallel to the line, not perpendicular. I'll
see if I can give it a try this week*.

Graeme

*and it may even be videoed 🙂

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b) if you can corner one then stick your arms up and out the chicken
thinks you're a large bird of prey and goes into "freeze mode". At that
point you pick it up and tuck it under your arm and transfer to shed.

have fun
Julia

I do think that should the above method be utilised, we are given access
to the .mpg

For educational purposes, of course :-D

Cheers, helen s

Your finger is too short. It only reached the "m" when you meant to hit
"j".....

HTH HAND DFOYB

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