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    Alaska Chicken Lover's Soup for the Cold!!

    Quote: So........ Tell us more about these handmade marshmallows!
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    Eating former pets

    Bantams are perfect single serving birds. Like home grown Cornish game hens. I'd butcher when you have enough for a meal for the family.
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    Alaska Chicken Lover's Soup for the Cold!!

    Quote: Supermarket or restaurant, correct? It's the restaurant and small grocer market I'd like to reach. Have you looked into what is involved in having it inspected? I am not exactly clear on that point. What if you sell them direct to the customer at, say, a farmer's market? My...
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    Alaska Chicken Lover's Soup for the Cold!!

    Quote: I'm still working on building my own MPU that we would rent out. Under current laws it would only need to be inspected if we planned on butchering more than 10000 birds per year, purchased birds from others for butchering than resale, or plan on selling butchered birds to a supermarket.
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    what do I do with soft shelled eggs

    Quote: As long as it's fresh I'd eat it.
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    Alaska Chicken Lover's Soup for the Cold!!

    Quote: Sounds to me like you have an old log crib as a tank. After 20-30 years the logs rot away and leave an unsupported void that eventually collapses. Quickest way to find out if your in trouble or not would be to dig down at the end closest to the house so you can see inside. BE CAREFUL...
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    Alaska Chicken Lover's Soup for the Cold!!

    Quote: Fire up the plucker and send him to the stew pot!
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    Alaska Chicken Lover's Soup for the Cold!!

    Quote: Shoot I still feel bad about copying the name!
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    Alaska Chicken Lover's Soup for the Cold!!

    Quote: I'll second that! All politicians (this excludes those serving a first term) are crooks and liars! Some just haven't been caught yet!
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    Alaska Chicken Lover's Soup for the Cold!!

    It doesn't take much room to raise them. Our pen is only about 20x30 and it's made in true redneck fashion using old pallets standing up on end. I screwed them together then drove a couple of T posts in the ground to brace the long side up. I left an opening that gets covered by a half sheet of...
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    Alaska Chicken Lover's Soup for the Cold!!

    Quote: $125 seems to be the going rate, on occasion I'll see one for $100. But size matters get the largest pig you can for the lowest price. Then figure a pound of food per month of age per day. So a two month old pig needs a minimum of 2 pounds of food each day. It takes 4-5 months to get...
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    Alaska Chicken Lover's Soup for the Cold!!

    Quote: I was just giving my wife the 5th degree. I thought she had given my extra duck pond away.
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    Alaska Chicken Lover's Soup for the Cold!!

    We have 10 birds left, and since the temps started kissing freezing their growth has dropped way off... Financially it doesn't make sense because you're going to spend more on feed. No one is going to want to buy a $30 cornish. But if someone has a controlled envronment, it might work. But he...
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    Alaska Chicken Lover's Soup for the Cold!!

    Mrs. AKBB here... Iwouldn't start now either... Not unless I had a heated barn to raise them in. They will spend too much energy staying warm, even with a heat lamp until 8 weeks. But it's your choice.
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    Rabbit with flaky crust inside her ears UPDATE post #14

    I just use drops made for cats with ear mites. You can find it at almost any store for $5.
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