#chicken skeleton

[boneyadventures]

Lita's skeleton is mostly clean except for her leg bones which are still trapped in degreasing prison. I can't wait to get her all finished and ready for articulation!

[pixel-makes-art]

I drew a few animal skeletons for my life drawing class. The first one is a chicken and the second one is a cat.

[crowchucktaxidermy]

rabbit skull and chicken bones! there were two chickens, and the rabbit is complete but missing his lower jaws!

[kokiri85]

Third main group of birds.  The proportions on this got screwy, the legs are just too big.  The rib cage and wings really were surprisingly small though.  Interesting to me that the keel is so substantial; I wonder if that means that chickens used to be better fliers?  Or if I’m reading too much into one of the only features I recognize enough to speculate about?

[boneyadventures]

I grabbed this paper organizer from the thrift store a while ago and it's been great for my bone projects, it's a perfect drying rack and keeps everything nicely organized!

[boneyadventures]

Lita had broken her sternum at some point which healed well before her death. I have to wonder if this contributed to or was the cause of her first decline about a year before she died. I had found her in the usual sick chicken position, hunched over and unable to move much, and after isolating her and feeding some vitamins and meds she improved quickly and was back to her normal self for a while. About a year later she declined again in a similar way, but after a couple days of treatment she passed overnight. It's heartbreaking knowing she was in pain and I'm glad she's no longer suffering in this world.

This is why I love bones so much, they tell stories that we might never see, especially in animals. I always enjoy reading stories where someone has an xray and finds some strange anomaly on their skeleton that they never realized was there. Wonderful bone mysteries!

[boneyadventures]

Checking on Lita and this grease is just the worst! Hasn't budged for weeks and now it's cold outside so it won't be going anywhere for a while. I might have to break out my old degreasing setup just for some measly leg bones!

[boneyadventures]

Unearthing my chicken's skeleton! It was a pleasant day to be outside and clean some bones, cloudy and cool - until the sky turned dark and opened up! Mother nature wanted to kickstart the cleaning process for me.