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    Cream Legbars

    We have had cream leg bars for almost 3 years. This summer highest temp I recorded was 111 and last year 114. All the CLs made it through but lost a couple of Bielfelders. Every run has a kiddie pool in it with a couple of bricks and a couple of inches of water. Some have a "cabana" made out of...
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    Butchering your roosters!

    Interesting. I have a few in the bator right now. Doing a fertility on check on Speckled Sussex/ Cream Legbar roo. With Speckled Sussex in the mix they could be plump little boys for the freezers
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    Butchering your roosters!

    But the skin IS awesome.
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    Butchering your roosters!

    Currently I only have 2 hens. And have not successfully incubated any eggs from them. I was trying to breed them with a Bielefelder for better size and with better heat tolerance from the NN. I am considering getting a cockerel or some hatching eggs so I can get a roo. There are people on the...
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    Butchering your roosters!

    Thank you.
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    Butchering your roosters!

    Thank you. Still & no pain is my goal here. I am looking for the most humane method possible. I think I missed something though. Are you holding him by the feet or are you stretching him horizontally? how does the hook part stay in the beak?
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    We use bucket and hot water and wet pluck and have no fancy equipment

    We use bucket and hot water and wet pluck and have no fancy equipment
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    I hope I am doing this right. We are in Paulden area. I will ask my husband. We butcher outside...

    I hope I am doing this right. We are in Paulden area. I will ask my husband. We butcher outside on a table with a sunken stainless top
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    Butchering your roosters!

    Oh, I like this idea and we have those cutters. Thank you
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    Butchering your roosters!

    We have used the cone method. It is not always easy getting the jugular cut correct. We have gone back to cleaver and chopping block and use the cone for bleeding for the time being.
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    I hope I am doing this right. We are in Paulden area. I will ask my husband. We butcher outside...

    I hope I am doing this right. We are in Paulden area. I will ask my husband. We butcher outside on a table with a sunken stainless top
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    Butchering your roosters!

    LOL. Hello neighbor. Paulden area here. Electric countertop roaster? Had a 9 month old JG who went aggressive on me. Was close to 8 lbs dressed out. After resting for 3 days and then in slow cooker for 8 hours, he was the best, tender rooster of the breeds we have tried. Even at that age...
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    Butchering your roosters!

    I agree. We raised 10 Cornish Rocks this year and we will not be repeating the experience either. When they first went outside they had so much fun and were just like regular chicks until the time came that they could barely walk. I knew going in that would happen but seeing that every day was...
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    2018 BYC Calendar - Your Pictures Needed!

    This is Monroe. He is a 16 week old bantam cochin. This is my first submission.
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    Integrating chicks into flock at 4 weeks old.

    Hi all. This is a very timely thread for me. Glad it was posted as a feature otherwise I would not have found it. My broody hen hatched 2 chicks that are just 4 weeks old. Her first time and she did a good job. I was wondering how I was going to integrate just 2 chicks and thanks to this thread...
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