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Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :

Chicken Revived by Mouth-to-Beak Resuscitation

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ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (AP) - A retired nurse saved her brother's chicken, Boo Boo, by administering mouth-to-beak resuscitation last week after the fowl was found floating face down in the family's pond.

Marian Morris said she hadn't had any practice with cardiopulmonary resuscitation in years, but she was interested to see if she "still had it."

"I breathed into its beak, and its dad-gum eyes popped open," Morris said. "I breathed into its beak again, and its eyes popped open again. I said, 'I think this chicken's alive now. Keep it warm.' "

She said she did not know how to find a pulse on a chicken.

Boo Boo's owners, Jackie and Becky Calhoun, put her in a large cardboard box containing a grain feeder and water. They also placed a heater nearby.

The chicken is called Boo Boo because she is easily frightened. The Calhouns thought Boo Boo had been startled and flopped into the pond.

Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :

....You know I didn't think that anyone would go that far to save the life of a chicken. I really hope that she washed her mouth thoroughly after having her mouth to that chicken.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Yeah, ironic if she lost her life to some rotten chicken disease.

Posted by Mean Old Frisco (Member # 6666) on :

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I think this chicken's alive now. Keep it warm.

We laugh, but this is probably the most dramatic sentence ever uttered in the city of Arkadelphia...possibly in the entire state of Arkansas.

Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :

There's an Arkadelphia?

Posted by sweetbaboo (Member # 8845) on :

"it flopped into the pond"

I hope the chicken was on a dock or something, or that the pond had a sudden increase in depth.

Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :

Even more ironic that they'll probably just end up eating it later. [Evil]

Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :

[ROFL]

Posted by mistaben (Member # 8721) on :

Are we allowed to say "dad-gum" on Hatrack?

Vulgarity warning next time, please!

[Big Grin]

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

Gosh -- I just realized I raise chickens, and I also have absolutely no idea how to find a pulse on a chicken!!!

*snort*

Guess I should go look that up

FG

Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :

What's weird about Arkadelphia? At least it's not Toad Suck. (Yes, there really is a Toad Suck in Arkansas)