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  1. V-NH

    Wading into enemy territory - my neighbor has 80+ roosters and I'm going mad

    Whew... that is a lot of roosters. I have two and sometimes the crowing gets out of control. For example... 4:30 this morning one of them decided to crow for about 15 minutes straight. I gave some strong consideration to turning him into soup, but I am not sure which one it was and I don't...
  2. V-NH

    dressing and such

    I also find doing it by hand to be a little bit therapeutic. It is very back to basics.
  3. V-NH

    dressing and such

    My wife and I do about 100 per year and I just don't see the point. After lots of practice, we have it down to a science. I kill while she plucks, then I move on to evisceration and try to keep pace with her. It takes my wife about one minute to pluck a bird by hand. I know for a fact it...
  4. V-NH

    Got a new batch, lots of losses

    I got a new batch of birds in today from Ideal. They sent 10 assorted pullets, 15 ducklings, 3 goslings, and 5 turkey poults. Many came dead and several others have died in the hours since they arrived. I know its not anything I did, because I have never had this problem before, but it is...
  5. V-NH

    *my* dog killed a neighbor's chicken!!!!

    Someone in this thread said that fencing is cheaper than firearms, which I just want to note is entirely untrue. You can get a single shot shotgun for about $100. I just fenced in 1/4th of an acre with 4 ft high field fencing and it cost me over $500. Just felt the need to chime in.
  6. V-NH

    What do we need to raise dairy goats?

    Yah, I doubt you will be able to find a home for most of your kids if you're not open to them being turned into food. I raise goats at home for milk with the understanding that I will have to butcher the kids and eat them in order to keep my herd at a sustainable size. There are farms around...
  7. V-NH

    WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? WHAT DID YOU JUST RECEIVE?

    I am waiting for a lot! 50 cornish cross from Welp. I raised and processed somewhere around 100 Cornish Cross chickens from Welp last year and I had amazing results. My mortality rate was next to nothing. I only lost a couple. One was due to fight with a turkey and another was because I...
  8. V-NH

    Processing: Quality Control?

    I just processed for the second time today. I tried something different and I was pleased with how much time it saved. I only defeathered the wings and legs, which I then cut off and packed up together. I then skinned the breast area and cut the breasts off for "boneless skinless chicken...
  9. V-NH

    Eggs?

    I would love to not wash them in the future, but they are fairly dirty. They won't lay in nest boxes, even if I put golf balls in them. They just lay all over the floor of the coop in piles. Then they walk on them and make them all poopy. I've heard you can teach them by putting them into a...
  10. V-NH

    Eggs?

    Hello! My chickens only started laying about a month ago, so I am still new to this. I have about six dozen fertilized eggs that I have gathered over the last 7-10 days. I left them out on the counter, unwashed. I just washed all of them about ten minutes ago and put them into the fridge...
  11. V-NH

    Yuck!

    I just ate my first home raised cornish x meat bird. I let it sit for three days before freezing it. I thawed it out yesterday and cooked it today. I am not sure I am even going to bother finishing the 4 week olds I have outside. I might sell them all to someone else ASAP. It was 3-4x...
  12. V-NH

    Vacation?

    My adult chickens have a 200 sq ft enclosed run, my chicks are in a 64 sq ft enclosed run, and my ducks are in a 150 sq ft enclosed run. I'll be gone for a total of 7 days. I don't think I have anyone in the area that can take care of them, although I am looking. If worst comes to worst, I...
  13. V-NH

    Processing: Quality Control?

    I processed for the first time last Thursday with some close friends who also had no experience doing it. It went relatively smoothly, but slowly. We processed 25 birds in 5 hours with six people working various stations. I thought it was going to be terrible, but it was actually extremely...
  14. V-NH

    Vacation?

    Hello everyone, I recently got married and a week from now I am leaving on a weeklong honeymoon. The problem is, I have lots of chickens! I have two pens, one with adults and another with five week old feathered out chicks. For the adults, I plan to give them a few 20 pound feeders worth of...
  15. V-NH

    Letting Meat Rest

    Interesting! I had no idea. So, I guess putting them directly into the freezer won't hurt them any? That is a relief.
  16. V-NH

    Letting Meat Rest

    So, I am about to process Cornish X on Thursday for the first time. I started with 25 and I will be processing 22. I lost a few because I forgot to close the pen one night and they invited themselves out and into the woods. Several never came back. I have read that you need to let them rest...
  17. V-NH

    Meat chick mortality rate?

    I have had a few deaths, but they were due to negligence on my part. I didn't latch the door to their pen one night and I woke up with a yard full of meat chickens. A few remain MIA and I am sure they were eaten by a coyote. However, I have a 0% mortality rate otherwise. No premature deaths...
  18. V-NH

    Brooding Outdoors?

    Hello my finely feathered friends! I've brooded several groups of chickens in my garage in large galvanized stock tanks. It has become necessary to brood another couple of batches outside. I'm sure that the temperature outside is fine right now, plus I can plug the heat lamp in outside. I...
  19. V-NH

    Cornish Cross Congestion

    Have any of you ever had a Cornish Cross sound like it is congested? I have one six week old male that sounds like it is congested when it breathes. I'm hoping it doesn't die prematurely because it looks delicious! We're not going to be able to process them until they are 7.5 weeks old...
  20. V-NH

    Free Ranging Neighbors

    Well, it might not be an issue now. I was standing outside tending to my meat birds and a coyote ran out of the woods about 10 feet away from me. It immediately went after their flock. I ran inside to get a gun, but by the time I got outside it was pretty far into their property. They...
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