We haven't had any luck with cooking a bird, or for that matter, freezing a bird, immediately after processing. But once we learned to let it set a bit we now have the most tender meat around. Luckily we figured this out before this Thanksgiving, where we and a few others had our Turkeys on the...
Hi!
Haven't visited this site for a while, as we have moved and added LOTS of chickens to our family as well as goats, so I haven't had much time to post or even browse this forum. Just wondering if there are any other Central Coasters out there?
I'm having the exact same problem as Katy68. One of our hens has a patch below her vent that has been plucked clean and the skin is dry cracked and scabby. Have her quarantined.
Poor thing
I have to say, be VERY careful about what you name your "girls." I bought 3 chicks from a "sexed" run, and the one we named Lola, ironically, ---walked like a chicken, but crowed like a man--- (set to the tune of the Kinks song, NOT the other one). We were so sad, but due to regs, she had to go...
Yes, it's pretty here, but so LONELY; all my "normal" friends (silly people who still buy eggs at the grocery store) are sick to death of hearing chicken growth, development, and new egg stories!
One of my girls has been laying for a week now (my first eggs ever!), and her first 4 eggs were pretty small, but then a few days ago, she laid a whopper! Bigger than the large eggs at the store. I though that was the size she would regularly reach, but her last two have been small again. Has...