A friend of mine has recently had to move and he left me his birds and now I have way too many birds for my chicken compound and I was wondering what is the latest age you can butcher birds at and they will still be good eating. The breeds I am thinning out are 5 Ayam cemani, 2Russian Orloff, 1...
I´m not sure if this counts but here is my rooster which is an Italian cross Norwegian and my smallest Alaskan Klee Kai.
And here is my youngest Alaskan Klee Kai hanging out with some of my hens.
I have lost a few birds to hawks or eagles, but one day I came home from work and saw the tell tail signs of a hawk attack and discovered the body of one of my red Italians lying in the back garden.
I then discovered the body of the Osprey that had attacked it he had been laid out on the door...