Thank you all for your replies. After doing a little research on the term pithing, I see that the bird shouldn't be killed first, which would cause the brain to be scrambled and the bird is alive during this.
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I want my turkeys to...
Okay so we are butchering our turkeys this weekend for Thanksgiving. We have butchered chickens before and have scalded them, however in a book we have about turkeys they talk about debraining. My boyfriend thinks that this is probably a better way because of the size of the birds (getting a...
Mrs. Fluffy Puffy :
I do not know what color they're but who cares!! I will post more pictures when they fluff out! One of them is already running up and down the brooder trying to find a way to get out .....
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I just found this post. And I went and liked everyone's page.
I have a fan page, not quite related to the farm or crafts but I'm a professional photographer, and could always use fans...
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So I had my babies hatch on the 9 & 10! Its been SO cool seeing them. I had 10 eggs and 8 of them hatched (one died immediately). You may have read my post about my trash can baby. Or my blog about my new babies.
But now I have 7 babies and 2 very protective mothers, who get...
mmaddie's mom :
So are you going to put Oscar in with the other moms and babies?!?
Ummmm.... well now I'm having a problem with that. I don't want anything to happen to him anymore! I know I should probably decide really soon... what do you guys think?
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I get home and Oscar is walking around on his own strong legs! I'm so proud of him! He is a strong healthy loud little guy! Oscar is going to make it!
As I see it that trash can was pretty warm, so that's how if was able to. So as of this morning before work if was doing real well and starting to walk on his feet! I'm impressed with his progress! I'll have to post pictures of little Oscar.
Now the other two eggs smell rotten or bad at least. Should I take them out and officially throw them away or keep them until tomorrow? Now I'm gun shy about doing anything with them.
As for Oscar, he seems okay, definitely better then when I first found him, but he's just not walking. I...
How in the world do you sex a silkie? From my search there is only one way and thats waiting until they crow or lay an egg. Which kind of sucks. But I was wondering if they have color on their face (blue) then its a boy? My male silkie has blue on his face, and some of my 3month olds have...