Posts by PatS

Beautiful birds!Feel free to post pictures anytime, I love seeing your handsome turkeys!

I've roasted a year-and-a-half old Buff Orp roo in the oven at 325, like a turkey.  Rested him a few days in the frig before.  Put some broth in the bottom of the roaster.  He didn't seem tough at all.  We have...

Thank you very much!

My turkeys bullied my chickens, but others haven't had the problem, so it depends on your birds.  The fact that she is outnumbered may work in your favor -- I had several turkeys and that seemed to encourage a "gang...

Any problem with quail and rabbits sharing a shed -- each in different cages?

Ours were fine, too, for a while.  Then the BR girls discovered they were bigger than the chickens and started behaving like juvenile delinquents. They loved chasing the roo, and would attack him when he tried to mate the (chicken)...

Thanks for the responses.I wonder how much of it would have just meltled away during cooking, if we didn't have the meat thermometer malfunction and tell us the turkey was done about an hour early.  We pulled it out, cut a couple of...

Is it just muscovies that are difficult to kill with a knife/cone?  What about mallard-types?

Right after the last post she had a short seizure (5 seconds or so) and died.  So whatever it was, it was a short illness.  Thanks for all the help, folks; I appreciate it.

Thanks, I'll put a little acv in the water and try the yogurt, it certainly can't help.