Thank you for the information. I found a farmer who did the job for me this Monday. I paid $34 for both birds. My dad had surgery this week and I could not do the work on my own. After processing we got 35 and 37 pounds birds. Cooking one right now.
How many times I should dip turkey in hot water, and how long this process could take to defeather the bird? I do not have turkey fryer and will use 12 qt pot. Do you think it is large ?
My son participated in growing BBW market turkeys project for 4H. He got 3 poults July 1. On October 6, we took 1 of our toms to the state show, and he took 1st place in his class. Now we have two 35 or more pounds toms left. I tryed to fined someone who would process these birds for us without...
I fermenting whole oats for few days at home . Later I am adding them to the scratch and fermenting over night chicken feed with it( before my chickens did not like they regular feed, but now it is all gone in 5 min)
Hello! I have I have 7 month old heritage Rhode Island Red rooster. We hatched him ourselfs for 4H project from eggs we receive from Poultry Unit of our State as Heritage( he is not production line of RIR). He is not getting along with my alha rooster any more. Looking to fined good home for him...
Every morning she so happy to see every one and she just jumps down from the roost like a big ball. I do not have a pen or dog crate. Our coop is 4 by 4 and she is seating their all day with one companion to keep her from getting bored.( I change companions every day)
She trying to put some weight on her foot. I do not see any redness ,swelling, green bruising or wounds on entire leg. She still getting on her roost over night. She was vaccinated for Mareks. I will take photos of her foot for a few days and look for any changes.
My 5 month old chicken began to limp yesterday .She still eat good and want to run outside. Today I let her stay in the coop all day to prevent from any other possible injuries .Here two photos. On one photo is foot with limping problem and on other normal healthy foot. Injured foot looks a...
Do you know how to assist malpositioned chick. I have serama chick die because of it two weeks ago( hi just could not turn). I would like to avoid it in future.
Glad I found your post. I am looking for incubator for my kids. We are using 4H incubator now but want to continue egg journey after Embryology Project is over. Do you think we can incubate serama shipped eggs in this one ?