Recent content by Dennis A

Quote: Three months is a long time. At eight weeks we can be at 6-7 lbs easy, but most have enlarged hearts at that time. I would watch for flip and butcher as soon as you lose one. Just my 2 cents. Dennis

Canning is great, but let the meat rest in the fridge for a day for the best outcome. I have had mixed results before doing this. Dennis

We are around $500 but were in a hurry and bought a new motor that was half the cost. I'm sure if you have time to salvage parts you could build cheaper. Dennis

Man I'm so with you folks. Easier to ask forgiveness than permission. Dennis

Awesome. Two birds 20 seconds, clean. http://whizbangplucker.blogspot.com/ I bought the book from Herrick and for the work he put in it, it was well worth the $20 Dennis

I did 100 from Welp and they were very fast growers with no problems. Will be using them again in the spring. Dennis

I have heard of people using womens hose to restrain the bird in single use apps.

I would pass on eating this. I am raising most of our food to get quality. Eating a sick or unhealthy bird does not fit that description. Just my 2 cents. Dennis

Just finished 80 birds. Would not do it without the wizbang. We spent around $500 but had to buy the motor. My back would start hurting before we would hand pluck. Liamm you can get the plans from http://whizbangbooks.blogspot.com/2007/12/whizbang-6.html it's $20.00 and well worth it. Dennis

Will be butchering 80 birds in the AM. Just got notified that I won Welp Hatcherys drawing and have a choice of a hat a themometer or 25 C-X. Will be taking the birds, a hat would look silly on a chicken. Dennis

To the grill. Just a few for people treats. Dennis

We use c-x and shoot for 2 lb live. The last ones took three weeks. Dennis

We have seven hives on the south side of the coop, no problems. This a good site for bees. Dennis http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php

I can get them to 2 lb. dressed Dennis

Quote: This is interesting. Has anyone seen one? http://www.storeitcold.com/ Dennis