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    Drowned and not bled out straight away - is that okay to eat?

    I found this yesterday and perhaps this can help you with the processing. I like her gentleness with the chook but couldnt do the throat cut while she is still alive, aside from that it is good info in these two videos part 1 part 2 I will search up how to wring their necks and see if I...
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    Drowned and not bled out straight away - is that okay to eat?

    Thank you everyone for helping, much appreciated. We will not eat him as suggested, will bury him. Poor man. I have been searching on the internet and found another way to kill and that is stretching the neck just under the jaw which they say severs the spinal chord from the head and is an...
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    Drowned and not bled out straight away - is that okay to eat?

    I didn't drown it on purpose it was already I found it that way in the flood, it was caught and flood rose over it. Yes sad. Sorry to confuse you re purposeful killing. But when I found it I wonder if it would be any different to gasing them which I have seen on the internet as supposed to be...
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    Drowned and not bled out straight away - is that okay to eat?

    Hi, I have a rooster that was drowned is it okay to eat that meat? (I didnt do it but see note at end of this post re how it happened) I did pluck him but didnt cut the neck to bled him out until after I had plucked and done other chores so would have been 2-3 hours. I dunked him in boiling...
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    Chicks growing at different paces

    Hi my first batch of chicks (early spring hatchers) all developed their wing feathers fast but the second batch of chicks (early summer hatchers) have taken a lot longer and dont seem to be growing so fast. Is there a reason for this? They are also not so healthy looking although they have all...
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    Clucky Sitting Mum with no feathers on her back!

    Hi is it normal for a Mum to pull the long feathers out from her back so she has a bald patch on her back? How long will it take to grow back? Is it because she is deficient in something? I had good nesting boxes with lots of wood shavings and straw and two did this but others didn't. Thanks...
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    What diseases etc can humans/dogs/cats/horses/cattle get from chickens

    Eeek I started going through this topic to find out what has happened to my friends chick's eye and got quite stressed at some of the diseases etc there are. Can any of these pass to humans/dogs/cats/horses/cattle? If so what are they and how do you prevent them... Thanks, one stressed...
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    Does anyone know what is wrong with this chick eye and how to treat it

    My friends chick has a swollen eye and it is grey and appears to be blind in the eye. The wing on the same side as the eye is wet like the chick has been rubbing it's eye on its wing to maybe scratch it's eye? Do you know what is wrong with it and how it could have got it and how to treat it...
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    Things That Chicken Eat That Surprised You

    Ah the cheese reminded me! I forgot to add milk (fresh cows milk REALLY gets them going they just drink and drink and drink!) and yoghurt and icecream! We just cleaned out the freezer and had two batches of export icecream that was yuck to taste (why is the recipe so different for export - we...
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    Will a good broody raise chicks she didn't hatch?

    Has anyone put new chicks under a mum whos already got 4-6-7 week old chicks? Also I was thinking would it work if I counted the days down on the eggs in the incubator and put them under the mum a day before they are due to hatch if she is still sitting and not up and moving with the chicks...
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    Things That Chicken Eat That Surprised You

    hahahaha they are the most wonderful rubbish goblers. Yes anything meat goes down faster than you can shake a stick at it! Try them with noodles - funny as - make it the long fettucine ones - now that is a good party trick. And porrige - they LOVE IT. Try cooking the left over porrige with...
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    Chirping in the egg...UPDATE! Turken didn't make it

    Ah fun and games with weather. They will be fine all huddled up with mum if they peek (is that the right term?). I had fun and games last night, decided to 'demite' the whole flock (couple didnt look too good and probably just moulting) so can you imagine me with chooks in the house -...
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    The float test helped me kill a chick

    Quote: Hi Cluckcluck18, I know how you feel. I read somewhere (before I found this wonderful site) that eggs cant get cold or the forming chick dies. When I found 7 nesting eggs all stone cold I removed them from the nest. I kept them aside to make sure we didnt crack them into scrambed eggs...
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    Multiple brooding mums in a nest together for hatching

    Hi is this advisable and can it work okay when the chicks start hatching? I have four houses, one main one currently has 3 broody hens in a box each with one box spare; another one has two broody hens in a box each. I have a new house with two huge nesting boxes that are 3 if not four times...
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    Chirping in the egg...UPDATE! Turken didn't make it

    Ack I am fretting its cracked the egg all the way around but no chick yet ...ack! Haha you made me really laugh with delight at your comment here. I am new to chicks hatching too, got my first ones in days and I can just see myself in your comments thanks so much for your wonderful...
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