I caponized the first time this year. At first it was VERY stressful, and of course the first few died. I finally decided to order 25 male chicks from the hatchery just to practice. Now i feel much more comfortable with the process and am so hppy i have something to do with all the extra...
I finally tried my hand at caponizing recently and did my third batch today. I did lose a lot at first, but now i am getting faster and didnt lose any today. I basically bought 25 male large breed chicks to learn with. I got the basic caponizing kit but found the retractors horrible in it...
Thank you so much for the replies! I will wait before eating them for sure, but it sounds like it will be safe when all is said and done! thanks so much!
Anyone else have any thoughts? I usually eat my chickens and I am scared of eating these now that they have been sick. Maybe I am over reacting, I dunno. I hope so!
I have a golden, and he did play with the first chick he ever saw and it died, but since then, with training, he doesnt touch any of the chickens. When the roosters go after him, it is pretty funny cause he wants to play with them and he knows he cant. He goes in the pen with me and...
I am hoping to keep some at the house this time. I guess the only thing people could object to is the roosters crowing, and I have some time to get rid of them before they start to go at it!
I had chickens for a year and a half, then gave them up because I got tired of driving 15 mins to the farm every day to feed them. BUT.... spring fever has bitten me hard and I am expecting 5 babies in the mail tomorrow and I just put 18 eggs in the incubator!!!!
So sigh...
I am hopeless.
Hey all, I havent been on in awhile, but I have noticed that lots of people sell eggs that are crosses between light and coronation sussex. why don't people just sell the coronation sussex eggs? i never see those, just the mixed.
I am really bummed. In my flock I have two beautiful bbs orp roosters that are blue and gorgeous. One of them is also exceptionally sweet and docil. They are just now maturing and 'coming of age,' and I am really saddened on what that has meant. One of the roosters, the bigger, not as...