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    how many birds in our coop?

    I know it's a difficult question but bear with me. We live on the gulf coast of texas so our weather is relatively mild with very few truly cold or freezing days. Most of our winter is around 50*. It's the heat that's the worst with a couple months in the summer usually upper 90s or over 100. So...
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    pullet or roo

    3 or 4 months old. So bummed. We had a total of 10 chickens, and now 8 are roosters. We have butchered 1 already and doing 4 more on saturday. Hate to think of this one and 1 of his2 mates on the chopping block also. :( We are goung to rebuild to coop house in a few weeks and then we will...
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    pullet or roo

    Frustrating. A month ago I was told for sure pullet. He had a sex change! *wah*
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    pullet or roo

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    pullet or roo

    This is our americauna who I have been told is a pullet, but ive been noticing the tail feathers looking more roo like. Lol! Any help?
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    how long after laying

    We have eaten ours.
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    butchering roosters

    Wsmith - thank you! That was very specific and just what i was looking for!! Perfect!
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    roo taking up residence in other coop?

    We have 2 set ups. 7 birds in our permanent coop. 3 youngers in a newly built chicken tractor. Last night one of the bigger birds was missing, and was found in the tractor on a roost (the 3 youngers were cowering on the other roost). We took him back to the big bird home. Someone didnt close the...
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    butchering roosters

    Mostly cut up already. I have an aversion tho to raw chicken - I cant touch it. Have no problem eating it. But i want to vomit every time I touch raw chicken. Blech! Lol
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    how long after laying

    Do they lay small egss? Day 4 was yesterday and still tiny. (We dont know if our 2 hens are both laying and just alternating days or if its just 1 bird right now. Havent checked this am. Gotta wait til my son is back in about half hour to check since I'm on crutches.)
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    hens acting like roosters?

    Great. Now the secret is out somehow so 5 of the 7 are all displaying roo behavior this am, and 4 are crowing! (Up til yesterday only 2 were). Sigh. until we butcher is it ok to continue to leave the 2 hens in the same coop? Or should we move them to the chicken tractor w the younger birds? We...
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    butchering roosters

    Rir and deleware. Out of 10 birds, we found 7 are roos. Poor hens! So if I can freeze them right away, I can butcher all or most on the same day? Some of the videos said putting in fridge for 3 days before setting up to cook or freeze. So I was confused. We obviously dont have fridge room for 7...
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    butchering roosters

    So do you just freeze the whole bird? (Minus bird parts removed during the butcher process - lol) Or once its butchered, you slice it up as breasts, legs, wings? I have no clue on this step. All the videos seem to stop here. Lol! Ive only bought chicken from the store so its all new. And we...
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    butchering roosters

    We have never done this but recently found out that out of the 10 birds we have 7 are roos. Yay. Ive watched youtube videos on the butcher technique. Now, how many can realistically be killed in one day? Ive heard they need to be refrigerated for a few days before cooking or preparing for...
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    hens acting like roosters?

    Dear heavems. Out of these 7 chickens, 5 are roos! and when I asked awhile back on the gender breeding page, of our 3 youngers, 2 are roos! 1 of those is an americauna as well. So only our amers are pullets. Hip hip horray. Time to start over. *sigh*
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