Do I have to let my freshly butchered rooster sit in the fridge 24hrs if I plan on just making a soup out of him? I know you should if your oven roasting, but would there be any difference if I boiled the meat. Wont it be tender either way?
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I have a flock of 32 birds, (9 turkeys & 23 chickens) and I cant seem to keep them off of my 2 story deck. Short of removing my stairs I cant think of a way to stop them from coming up and pooping on my deck while I'm away from hope or asleep in the morning. They are free range...
Hello everyone!
I have a flock of 32 birds, (9 turkeys & 23 chickens) and I cant seem to keep them off of my 2 story deck. Short of removing my stairs I cant think of a way to stop them from coming up and pooping on my deck while I'm away from hope or asleep in the morning. They are free range...
Got home from work today and noticed one of my Bourbon Red poults kept lifting his leg and picking at a redish-brown spot on his foot. Even other poults in the brooder took notice and started pecking at it to. I washed it in warm (Dawn dish) soapy water and put on some antibiotic ointment. The...
This little guy or girl is about 1/3 the size of its 5 Bourbon Red brothers and sisters. It also has wings that seem to be deformed but Im no expert. Looking at it overhead it seems like they stick out ackwardly as it walks around the brooder, and in the above picture you can see the gap with no...
Everything I read prepared me for the exact opposite, but when my chicks and poults arrived yesterday it was not the chicks picking on the poults, but the other way around. The chicks are kind of minding their own business picking at inanimate objects while the poults seem to stab at anything...
My poults just got here yesterday and they are busy eating at the chicken starter crumbles that they are sharing with their chicken roommates. I know turkeys need a little higher protein than the chicks, so I'm wondering what I can do to supplement protein without buying turkey starter as it is...
Ok, so Im completely new to poultry and as always I let my excitement get the best of me and I over did things to the max. I ordered 15 turkey poults and 20 chicks from efowl.com due to arrive on June 4th-5th. I have no real experience doing this just thought I would figure it out as I go with...