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    Wintering chickens over garden

    I was thinking of wintering my chickens over my garden space. The garden will be tilled and a compost layer added in the spring. Will the manure be too hot for my garden in the spring. Also, I have an asparagus patch in my garden . Can chickens be run over that area in the winter?
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    Culling - Break Neck Method - BEWARE - NOT A PC JOKE - NOT KIDDING

    I have often thought that butchering chickens has " changed" me, so I can understand the PTSD thing. You need a very sharp filet knife when you cut off the head so there is no sawing. Drop the head immediately in a bucket and don't look at it. I can get through regular chickens necks with a...
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    turkey butchering questions

    My husband shot this one with a .22. Then we hoisted him in a tree and bled him. His neck was so thick tha I didn't want to risk an axe blow. He dressed out at 42 lbs. Scaulding was done in a big Rubbermaid tub.
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    Cornish X with crooked neck and droopy eye?

    Sounds like a neurological injury and shouldn't affect the meat. I butchered a Cornish X that had a large red swelling at his rear end. I found that he had suffered a severe injury at some point and his entire abdominal wall had herniated. The red swelling was his intestines! His gizzard was...
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    Turkey eggs!

    I spared my 7 month old bronze turkey hen the axe a couple weekends ago when I butchered our last tom. A few days ago she started laying eggs. The variety is beautiful! Are turkey eggs good to eat? How long and how often can I expect her to lay?
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    When to butcher?

    My method is to place in a cone and use a very sharp filet knife to quickly cut off the head. It is easier than looking around for the area to cut an artery. I can literally have the head off in 1 second...instant death. You do have to settle your nerves, pull down slightly on the neck and make...
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    Can anyone advise me in raising turkey for meat

    I just butchered my BBW Tom Sunday. He dressed out at 42 lbs! My oven isn't big enough for this boy.
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    Cackle hatchery's Hatchery Surprise- Anybody got this before?

    Just butchered my BBW tom that I received in my surprise in early March. Dressed out he weighed 42 POUNDS! He will have to be parted out as I don't think my oven would be big enough for this big boy.
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    Weird find after slaughter

    I butchered 14 Cornish X chickens last weekend. We had noticed weeks ago that one cockerel had a large pinkish swelling at his rear end. Not knowing what this was, I butchered him last, which happens to have been in the dark with a porch light.....yeah, I was desperate to finish these birds up...
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    Murray Mcmurray!

    I had to cull the spraddle -legged chick because it couldn't stand. The injured chick died yesterday.
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    Murray Mcmurray!

    I just received my order from MM this morning. 7 Turkens, 8 EE and a mystery chick. One of the chicks, I am assuming it is an EE, arrived completely spradle-legged. Another chick is either deformed or for some reason has an open wound on the side of its head. I can't see the eye on that side and...
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    Cackle hatchery's Hatchery Surprise- Anybody got this before?

    When I got my surprise in March, I got a date and nothing else. The post office called at 530 am 2 days later.
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    Cackle hatchery's Hatchery Surprise- Anybody got this before?

    I got my surprise in March. I was fascinated by this video. . So I bought an ancient construction trailer and I am transforming it into the coupe de trailer, lol. There are 2 rooms in it. A feed room and living area. I have put in extra windows and a solar automatic coop door opener. The next...
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    Hatchery surprise chick

    I hadn't considered they would be fayoumi chickens, but I think you are right! Thanks!
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    Hatchery surprise chick

    I looked up silver quill and he didn't look like the baby chicks shown. He is one of 4 males that are alike.
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    Hatchery surprise chick

    Hatched March 5, 2014. Is he a silver duckwing something?
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    Cackle hatchery's Hatchery Surprise- Anybody got this before?

    I got the surprise plus15 pullets in March. My goodness can they put the feed away! They free range during the day but always have access to commercial food. I haven't paid close attention, but I bet they eat 50- 80 lbs a week. What is everyone doing for food, especially those with more than...
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    Cackle hatchery's Hatchery Surprise- Anybody got this before?

    I got 2 broad-breasted white turkeys, 2 Welsh Harlequins, a Blue Swedish and a black runner. The runner is the only drake. My birds were marked by cackle with a sticker on the section of box they occupied.
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    Cackle hatchery's Hatchery Surprise- Anybody got this before?

    I ordered 15 pullets and the surprise in March. There was some info on the website that said to write in the comments section if you would allow substitutions on your order. So I wrote in the comments any good laying pullet, thinking I was giving them permission to sub out my original pullet...
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    Cackle hatchery's Hatchery Surprise- Anybody got this before?

    http://www.cacklehatchery.com/acs0156.JPG
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