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Hi there, Disclaimer: I'm not a pro, just have layers and occasionally raiser broilers in my backyard. I have kept processed birds in the fridge for 7-8 days with no noticeable loss of quality. If you mean how long can you keep packaged chickens in the freezer, tonight we just cooked up...

I am on my second batch of Cornish cross chicks right now, and have been feeding fermented feed both times. I thought the first batch tasted fantastic! Have prepared them a variety of ways, including roasting and frying without noticing any strange favors as reported by others. I would encourage...

Well, I hope my concern is for naught. I just raised a batch of meat birds, so maybe my comparison scale needs to be recalibrated! I didn't want to put these girls in with the others until they had gained some weight...but as they might start laying within a couple of weeks, I don't want to...

Hi there, Two weeks ago I bought two 15 week old red sex link pullets to add to my flock of 4. They are in a separate coop for now. The farm said that they were eating chick starter just fine. I thought they seemed a bit rangy but became worried when they just don't want to eat. I have chick...

And I just want to add that on the hen we culled, when I went to do the PM, there was about a QUART of evil green liquid in her abdomen....so be prepared if you decide to drain.

I wanted to weigh in and say that for my 3 yr old hens, draining would have only prolonged their life a little. I cut them open to take a look after they died (one naturally, we culled the other) and ALL of their internal organs had problems. Fatty liver disease, tumors, flacid and weak heart...

I recently lost two of my 3 yr old hens to what I figured was EYP. Both had stopped laying at about 1.5 yrs, so something was "up" for a long time. Both of them suffered from the horribly swollen abdomen- although one had it come and go over about a year before she died (suddenly, seizures)...

Nope, I don't think they don't have that cocci 'look'....but I could be wrong. They look pretty normal, other than being really thin, and not that hungry. I am thinking that maybe only one of them now has the icky poop. Here is another pic of that, followed by a pic of the same poop but...

I bought two 15 week old pullets a week ago, figuring it was faster and easier than raising them from chicks as I have done with all my other birds. They are in a separate coop from the others. Their feathers are sort of dull and beat-up, but their eyes are bright. One, maybe both of them, has...

OK, I have been told that they are the thyroid and parathyroid glands, so mystery solved!

A vote for simple fried chicken- my TN great-grandmother's recipe- salt cut up chicken generously and let sit in bowl in fridge overnight wipe off extra salt and roll in flour that has a lot of black pepper in it. fry in a cast iron skillet with hot bacon fat until golden brown- i do it in...

I butchered three 8 weeks old CX cockerels yesterday and when removing the windpipe and crop I found some strange nodules or lumps above the crop- but only in two of the birds. I don't recall seeing this on the other 3 birds I did last week. Does anyone have any ideas? Lymph nodes? Fatty...

I just processed three CX cockerels yesterday that were 8 weeks old, and they weighed from 7.6 to 9.2 lbs live weight. Huge! Too large for a 1 gallon freezer ziploc, that's for sure.

Sunkissed, I have been thinking about your video and method a lot- and now even my blood-shy partner wants to watch it tonight with a couple of our friends...(after a roast chicken dinner!) I want to do what ever is the least stressful and the most honorable for the birds. I don't want to eat a...

I just saw your video, thanks for sharing the link. I am not so brave to use the knife with the bird in my lap, as you are! My friends are stunned that I would think of killing something I've raised, but I feel good about how i treated them and even loved them a bit for the brief time they were...

I think that they can pick up on what is going on. I just slaughtered my first 3, and I do have to say that after one of them made a LOT of squawking, the remaining 7 looked very subdued back in their pen (about 10 yards away). Even my boyfriend mentioned that they seemed to be "affected" by...

ah shucks, I just found this thread (too busy processing my CXs these past 3 days)- if you need another artist, I would love to join in....I'm only 3 days late!!