Kiss of life makes Boo Boo better

Ouchyfish · Post by **Ouchyfish** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:15 am

ARKADELPHIA, Arkansas (AP) -- This chicken had lips, just not her own.

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 CPR in years, but she was interested to see if she "still had it."

"I breathed into its beak, and its dadgum 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 was startled and flopped into the pond.

Tae-Bo · Post by **Tae-Bo** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:30 am

Diekan · Post by **Diekan** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:19 am

Arkansas huh?

Ouchyfish · Post by **Ouchyfish** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 8:14 am

yup

Thon · Post by **Thon** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 8:47 am

where the men are men, and the sheep wear lipstick

Kramer · Post by **Kramer** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 9:07 am

That reminded me of the stories my mom used to tell me about her mom getting a chicken from the yard, grabbing it by the neck, swinging it around until its neck popped reall loud, then proceeding to pluck and butcher it......

she also ate squirrel...

she grew up in Miss. and Alabama

Ouchyfish · Post by **Ouchyfish** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 9:15 am

The necks rarely pop loudly..but the heads do come off pretty regularly. Then you have a blood sprinkler jumping all over the fuckin place almost as if it can home in on you.