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    Drying wings post processing?

    I haven't figured it out yet. I could just give them the wing, but if I'm going to have it hanging around as a toy for any length of time, I would certainly prefer whatever small amount of meat is there to be dry so it won't decay. I may just need to experiment a little. There's quite a bit of...
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    Drying wings post processing?

    I processed my first quail today. Seven in total. I admit, I had someone else slaughter them, and I did the rest. My plan is to make use of as many of the offcuts as possible, the majority of the organs will go to my cats, and I'd like to give them the legs, and the wings as well. I've seen...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    On another note, I'm a little jealous hearing about your gardens. Mine is rather stunted this year, my squash, cucumbers, and zucchini have done nother for me so far. Still, I pulled some great looking garlic, and my sunflowers are getting ready to bloom.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Well, after calling around, I took him over to the Monroe Co-op, they accepted him, and he sold before I was done shopping. It's a relief to have him out of my hair. Bye bye Loud Mouth!
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    That will be my only option if I can't find anyone who wants him. I hate the idea as I've never slaughtered anything before. I know it's the way of things, and I have a lot of respect for people who can process their birds, and other livestock. I'm not sure if I'll ever get there. 😬
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Ah, well. Thank you for the response anyway. I hope so too, but I know most people are in the market for hens. He's an incidental rooster, and came as a pullet chick.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Hello everyone! I'm pretty new here on the forums, and also new to chicken keeping. I live in Snohomish county. I realize this is a bit of a long shot, but is there perhaps anyone in the area that would like a four month old blue laced red wyandotte cockerel? We have neighbors, and he has...
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    Poopy toes (and picking them up)

    I'll take that as a lesson next time. Spend many hours with them when babies. They don't seem to mind me too too much, most of the time. I think I found a tentative solution. Wait for them to start sand bathing, then swoop in from the side as much as I can to corner them. I find when I set them...
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    Poopy toes (and picking them up)

    Hello! I'm looking for assistance. I noticed some rather large poop balls on my 2 week old coturnix quail chicks' toes. The solution should be a simple matter of letting the feet soak to soften the clusters up, but I can't pick any of them up. I put in a very shallow tray of water hoping that...
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    Greetings!

    Okay, for those asking for pictures, here we go. Pictures attached of my very busy flock, including my two accidental cockerels. I'm going to have some difficult decisions to make regarding them in the future. This definitely sounds like something I would do. 😅 I'm glad to know I'm not the...
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    Greetings!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am very new to chickens. I took the plunge about seven weeks ago, with a bunch of little chicks. I'm also trying to get set up for quail. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? & (3) What breeds do you have? I have...
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