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    Humane Killing Euthanasia Methods

    I appreciate your research and information. My son has often asked me why I don't gas the birds before bleeding them out. He's right, and your article is a nice start. Thank you!
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    Comment by 'gypsychicken' in article 'Coq au Vin or Poullete au Vin ~ Chicken Stew in Wine'

    It is a fabulous and natural way to use the special meat of older birds.
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    Surprise chicks, help please!

    You'll be fine, just give them some cornmeal and water, or flour to peck at until the morning. Buy some small hole chicken wire, 4' x 4' x 4' x4', and create their own chicken yard within your chicken yard. Put a box in there for them to sleep in with a piece of fabric to keep the wind out. As...
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    5 Month old won't stop brooding

    Buy a dozen fertilized eggs from your local feed store and put her to work. She'll hatch you up some chicks in 21 days.
  5. Coq au Vin or Poullete au Vin ~ Chicken Stew in Wine

    Coq au Vin or Poullete au Vin ~ Chicken Stew in Wine

    Ingredients: To serve 6 – 8 Ingredients: 1 chicken, preferably a cockerel 10 – 12 months old, cut into serving pieces, but an old Cock or Stewing hen is wonderful (flavor...) 1 additional young chicken if your Stewer is too tough for eating, cut up Salt and Pepper 2 strips lean salt pork with...
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    2016 BYC Calendar - Your Pictures Needed!

    My beautiful first batch of Girls...
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    How To Humanely Euthanize A Chicken..

    Has anyone ever tried chloroform to put chickens out before slaughter? Would it make the meat toxic in such a low dose? I would love to just knock them out first and then do the deed. Anyone have any ideas on this?
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    Bleeding out

    CONE: cut off the tip of a construction cone, hang it upside down...
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    bleeding out

    Hi, I've done a a lot: held them in my lap, slit their throats to bleed out; used a cone; used the broom method on a big rooster. I have still to just chop their heads off, but somehow I find that too undignified. I'm thinking that maybe they won't bleed out right if I just chop the head off...
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    Comment by 'gypsychicken' in article 'How To Raise & Process Chickens for Meat - Tips & Pictures'

    I learned on my own, and now I teach people how to humanly butcher their own chickens. It so wonderful to share our knowledge with each other and reclaim what belongs to us!
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    Comment by 'gypsychicken' in article 'What To Do With Unwanted Cockerels'

    Learn how to humanly butcher, just as our Grandmothers did, and our ancestors for 10,000 years. A skill worth millions.
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    Chicken Vaccines?

    I had half of my flock die and they had wonderful conditions. I sent the carcass to UCDavis and she was diagnosed with Marek's disease. After that, I vaccinate for my chicks for Marek's. It's not worth the risk for me.
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    Processing Day Support Group ~ HELP us through the Emotions PLEASE!

    what did you end up doing with the cockerels?
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    *Buff Orpington Thread!*

    I LOVE buff orpingtons. I actually have a hard time taking them out and Americanas, because they are so full of personality and so darn sweet! Orps are just plain gentle, aren't flighty and easy to pluck, no colored pinfeathers. In my early years, I had a beauty named Butters. I cried and...
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    Question: slicing throat vs. cutting head off when processing

    You can always throw some cardboard over the body to confine it from flailing and bruising.
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