Chicken First Aid

[Diane CBPFC]

Chicken First Aid

My 14-year-old son had decided to try his hand at growing eggs. His little chicks are now almost full grown; my terriers have taken a dislike to them. They killed one and took all the feathers off the back of the neck of another and made a few puncture wounds.

So there I was last night in the dark, cleaning the wound, putting anti-bacterial cream on, then a non-sick pad and wrapped the whole neck with a bandage tied with a safety pin. Did I mention that I have an irrational fear of chickens?

Anyway the poor little trusting soul just let me fix her up and even closed her eyes as I was wrapping the bandage. If she makes it, we are going to call her Lucky.

I?m never going to eat chicken again.

[Jack]

But what is to stop this from happening again?

The obvious solution is to eat the terriers. It's not like you can get eggs from them.

But then I've never been very good at keeping animals, so what do I know?

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

The obvious solution is to eat the terriers.

They taste like chicken. So I'm told.

[Malc]

I often wonder whether man will ever get to the stage where we regard all life as sacred, at least all warm-blooded life, and whether we will step back and realise what an awful thing we've been doing to mammals (the ones we consider edible, at least) for thousands of years.

I'm a meat eater, but I do give a lot of thought to the question of why we eat the herbivores, and leave the carnivores alone. Many Asian countries eat dogs, yet we consider that barbaric, even though we slaughter millions of much larger mammals every year.

[Diane CBPFC]

If people had to kill their own meat they would for sure eat less of it. There is something of it coming wrapped in plastic packages that makes it seem like a product.

But of course most of us have not been hungry. My dad ate dogs and cats when he was a POW during the war.

[The Peepmaster]

If people had to kill their own meat they would for sure eat less of it. There is something of it coming wrapped in plastic packages that makes it seem like a product.

But of course most of us have not been hungry. My dad ate dogs and cats when he was a POW during the war.

I confess to having eaten a Yorkie.

[Vulture]

If people had to kill their own meat they would for sure eat less of it. There is something of it coming wrapped in plastic packages that makes it seem like a product.

But of course most of us have not been hungry. My dad ate dogs and cats when he was a POW during the war.

I confess to having eaten a Yorkie.

 

[Roger Kettle]

I must admit I'm quite partial to escargots.(Sounds better than calling them snails). My Grandmother was French and my father was brought up in Paris so, from an early age, I got quite used to "exotic" foods. As I've mentioned before, my family also lived in Haiti when I was tiny so there have been several culinary influences in my life. My mother, who was a wonderful cook, learned all sorts of Haitian/American dishes over there. I don't think I've ever eaten dog, though, and, despite my Gallic connections, I still hate cheese.

[Vulture]

I must admit I'm quite partial to escargots.(Sounds better than calling them snails). My Grandmother was French and my father was brought up in Paris so, from an early age, I got quite used to "exotic" foods. As I've mentioned before, my family also lived in Haiti when I was tiny so there have been several culinary influences in my life. My mother, who was a wonderful cook, learned all sorts of Haitian/American dishes over there. I don't think I've ever eaten dog, though, and, despite my Gallic connections, I still hate cheese.

My dad had dog for Christmas dinner once: I wouldn't speak to him for a week!

[The Peepmaster]

That's terrierble!

Mind you, if there's four of you, at least you each get a leg.

[Vulture]

That's terrierble!

Mind you, if there's four of you, at least you each get a leg.

Less of the 'you' - no-one else in the family had any. There was a Chinese boarding house next door and they regularly bought dogs from markets, fattened them up and then ate them.