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  1. jewelsong

    Ended Funny Chicken Name Contest - Win 60 lbs of Grubbly Layer Feed From GrubblyFarms

    our rooster from hell was Lucifer and our 3 black cochins were the Sanderson sisters... with the head cochin Henifred
  2. jewelsong

    Topic of the Week - What do/can you do with unwanted roosters?

    rename them to Stew or dumplings and serve them with a smile. We hatch out about a 40% rooster batch each year so the cellar gets filled up with yummy fresh meat and soups thanks to the extras
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    Surviving Minnesota!

    my incubator gets warmed up this weekend. i need another 3 weeks to get things cleaned up outside before i can think about handling chicks!
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    Surviving Minnesota!

    we are up north by Brainerd and it is just windy and looks like the precip line will be to the south. some snow piles are still butt high LOL i'm ready for THAW and maybe the mud by the coop will dry up. it is like a mud moat around there
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I got 14 jars of bean salad ready for the cellar as soon as they cool... and we need to get the apples picked off the trees. the deer have decided it is their buffet line. i don't think so. between the deer picking them off the tree and the chickens pecking all the windfalls... i'm not going to...
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    Minnesota!

    I have yet to do 'meat birds' other than the excess roosters from the straight runs and egg hatching. I'm wanting to try it at some point, but we have a seasonal business that keeps us pretty busy all summer. wondering, with MN winter coming not so far away, does anyone do a late summer chick...
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    Ended Official BYC Caption Contest - 05/16/2016 - Pic by Ortiz5954

    "Yes, I want more chickens... now get off my back!!!"
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    Ended Official BYC Contest - Guess When We'll Reach 400,000 members and win a

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1094133/some-of-my-little-chickadees I guess 5/10/2016 at 3pm CST
  9. jewelsong

    some of my little chickadees

    these are my birthday gift from hubs last May. the top pic is from last fall... the bottom is them decimating my flower bed this spring. I have babies in the incubator from them going on lockdown tomorrow :D i love my chicks!
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    "Springing in the Chicks" 2016 April Hatch-a-Long Hosted by Mike & Sally

    I set an 'orpington mix' so havent a clue on 10... another 10 are lavender orps ... 5 Jersey Giants (black) and 16 of my RIR and RIR/EE mix. In incubator as of 1pm Sunday the 20th!
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    "Springing in the Chicks" 2016 April Hatch-a-Long Hosted by Mike & Sally

    Hubs just bought me an incubator... i ordered some Orpington eggs and will also set some Jersey Giant eggs, some RIR's and some RIR/EE mixes... hopefully I will have them ready to set this weekend? that is my hope anyway.... can't wait for chicks!
  12. jewelsong

    Minnesota!

    There is a guy in Bertha Mn named Ike Anderson who has some ducks. Not sure if they would be what u are looking for but maybe a start
  13. jewelsong

    Got a free rooster yesterday, HUGE 16 week Cornish X ... Butcher time?

    mine are just at 18 weeks and NO eggs... yet. I think I will start keeping them penned/cooped soon just til they start knowing to lay in the nests... i don't wanna buy eggs anymore!~
  14. jewelsong

    Poultry Show and Swap meets Calendar

    the first link went to some oriental language site?? and the second link was not available. strange
  15. jewelsong

    Minnesota!

    I'm so wanting more chickens, lots of different varieties... hubs says NO! not til spring :( ugh! it gets so cold up here in 'north country' that I am sure he is right.... we need to scale back our Roo population too. Keeping one RIR roo and the 2 banty roo's to be with the girls for the...
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    Got a free rooster yesterday, HUGE 16 week Cornish X ... Butcher time?

    OH NO! i grew up a 'townie' but my mom and dad were born and raised 'food growers'. mom would get a few crates of 'old hens' each fall and we would butcher and can the meat. it was pretty normal to me!
  17. jewelsong

    Got a free rooster yesterday, HUGE 16 week Cornish X ... Butcher time?

    I knew the minute we picked him up he was ready to butcher long ago. but townfolks dont always know what to do with the chickens once they get them (because they were so cute and not much money) the rest of their flock were egg layers... really pretty mix. I'm hoping they want to rehome them...
  18. jewelsong

    Got a free rooster yesterday, HUGE 16 week Cornish X ... Butcher time?

    Butcher day today. Here's a pic before... handsome one he was.... dressed out weight 12.3 pounds! small turkey size. Guess he will be tomorrow's dinner
  19. jewelsong

    Got a free rooster yesterday, HUGE 16 week Cornish X ... Butcher time?

    Thanks!
  20. jewelsong

    Got a free rooster yesterday, HUGE 16 week Cornish X ... Butcher time?

    A friend gave us their Rooster yesterday because he crows and they live in town and their neighborhood didnt appreciate his LOUD wakeup crow! Well...he is HUGE. We've never had a 'meat' chicken, but he is 3times bigger than any of our 17 week RIRs. I just need affirmation that it is time for...
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