Posts by Brunty_Farms

Why... Hello! It's funny because I just logged in after a few months of no BYC either. The new forum look kinda threw me off.    Hope all is well with you... chickens and health!    Take care,   

No pics of dressed birds but I have one of a cooked duck that a customer of mine sent to me... Looks delicious, this duck was 12 weeks and around 5-6 pounds

Oh ya, that's completely understandable. I wasn't trying to convince you not to do it, just that it's not easy that's all. If I was doing ducks for my personal use, I'm not sure if I would do them or not. I've never just decided to grow...

Don't get me wrong, I love duck, and so do my customers but if you catch them in a phase where there is pin feathers.... OUCH! It will easily take 25-30 minutes per duck to pick each feather out. I ended up using wax and pliers, even...

Quote:Originally Posted by cattleman999 Quote:Originally Posted by Brunty_Farms Those are good numbers for using Dumor Feeds, nothing wrong with the feed, just expensive. You should look for a feed mill that will custom grind a...

Those are good numbers for using Dumor Feeds, nothing wrong with the feed, just expensive. You should look for a feed mill that will custom grind a mix for you, especially if you're using 20% all the way through. Roughly 1600 pounds of...

Processing them will change your mind. We did 50 of them this year and for the time it took to do 25 ducks I could have done 200 chickens. They are that bad to pluck. I e-mailed Metzer, one of the big time duck hatcheries and the...

Quote:Originally Posted by itsy Jeff - you replace ALL of your layers yearly or just ones that are "old" ?Ya, all of them go. They drop in production about 15-20% in their second year so we just replace them every year. We...

Canning for sure and a good soup stock. Like stated if you're making stock... save it all. The livers however will make your stock bitter.

Quote:Originally Posted by eds500 Quote:Originally Posted by Brunty_Farms ......our layers are replaced every year.....What do you do with the hens you've replaced? I'm getting a new batch of hens in the spring and will have to...