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    Meat question: Dorkings and Dark or White Cornish

    The were 20wks old. Skinning was tough to figure out, as I wasn't pulling hard enough the first couple times I tried it and ended up using the pull and cut type method. It took forever! Now I make a cut just under the keel and pull everything open on the under side. I usually separate the skin...
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    When to butcher RIR/BR cross cockerels

    Quote: Also this. I did some at 20 and some at 26 and the older ones were just a little fattier and not really any bigger.
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    Meat question: Dorkings and Dark or White Cornish

    Quote: I just processed 4 dark cornish last night. Comparing them to delawares that were raised along side, there is not much difference provided you get all those pin feathers out. I only plucked the breast of the dark cornish in an attempt to increase visibility while teaching my wife how to...
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    does anyone ever get used to killing and eating their birds

    I have processed around a dozen now and am quite used to it. It just takes a while for the idea of their intended purpose to set in. There is a subset of our chickens that we got for the purpose of eating. They had happy lives and were well cared for. When the time came, their end was quick with...
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    Do you ever get used to the flapping of the wings?

    Quote: Were they bourbon red turkeys?
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    good meat chicken

    I am a couple weeks out from harvesting my meat birds. I have 10 Delaware @ 16wks, 15 @ 15wks and 10 BO @ 15wks. Its amazing how much larger the 10 older Delaware's are over the others... esp the BO's. The breast meat on the dels feels comparable to some 6mo old New Hampshire roos I ate a couple...
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    At what age can they have crack corn or scratch feed?

    Mine are around 10 weeks and love pecking at scratch on the ground. If they have access to a grit source of some sort, I don't see why not.
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    What words can your dogs "spell"?

    OUT and FOODS... we now say 'perimeter of the building' and 'sustenance'
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    Raising & Processing Muskovy Ducks

    Quote: Thanks for the reference. $8.99 for a used copy shipped!
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    Open Letter to the People who FREAK OUT because I eat my chickens.....

    My co-workers though it was strange at first, but now they all want eggs and meat. Getting meat is going to require a little manual labor in the processing phase on their part I think.
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    Your Meat Birds "Temperary" Home

    Are those rain gutters?
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    My hen hatched some guinea keets.. :D

    Those little guys are SO adorable. I can't wait until my guineas start laying!
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    Balut production

    I remember reading somewhere that the mallard was preferred, but I just looked again and can't find anything more specific than duck eggs
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    Processed our first bird today!

    First, just wanted to say that the resources on this forum are amazing. Anyways... Processed our first bird today. We had some extra mean roos from a straight run of new hampshires (6 out 6 were male btw) and decided to try our hand at processing. My job was to kill and cut legs and wingtips...
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    CACKLE HATCHERY A BIG NO-NO!!!!!

    I recently palced an order with cackle for 25 dark cornish and 10 dellies. I only got the dellies and notation on my shipping slip to "call customer about substitution". I had to call them to find out what was going on,odd thing is that I called while they were in transit to see if that had...
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