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    Six days too long to rest a freshly slaughtered pullet?

    And thank you, Willkatdawson, for the info about the hunters. I did a google search and it seems that pheasants are commonly hung by hunters for a week to develop flavour. Here's the link I read: http://honest-food.net/2008/11/27/on-hanging-pheasants/ It looks like hunters also hang them...
  2. rivers2011

    Six days too long to rest a freshly slaughtered pullet?

    A relative is very sick and wanted some chicken soup (it's a traditional Japanese medicine recipe) so we decided to process three of the pullets since we had a few more than we wanted for eggs over the winter. The rest should start laying in a month.
  3. rivers2011

    Six days too long to rest a freshly slaughtered pullet?

    Well, it's always better to be safe than sorry. I will definitely freeze and use down the road. Anyone notice a difference in taste between fresh and frozen birds?
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    Need Help Choosing a Chicken Breed That Won't Fly Away

    Thanks for the suggestions everyone! I think I will definitely consider silkies, brahmas or cochins, like one poster suggested...and get some more fencing/netting up I don't want to clip their wings because they roost six feet up at night in their coop+run
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    Need Help Choosing a Chicken Breed That Won't Fly Away

    Hello all, I've been letting my birds free-range around our yard a lot lately, however, these girls (Columbia Rock-Rhode Island Red crosses) like to jump on tall structures, and I'm constantly afraid that they're going to fly over the 4 ft tall fence and into the neighbour's pug's paws. Because...
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    Six days too long to rest a freshly slaughtered pullet?

    I have a couple 4 month old pullets that we just processed. However, is it six days too long to rest the birds? I wanted to take one to a church dinner on Friday and today's the only day we had to slaughter them. One website said that meat should not be wrapped in plastic wrap because it...
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    Moldy Chicken Poop

    P.S. Part of the problem is that the moldy area is under a lot of shade, so it doesn't get to dry out quickly.
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    Moldy Chicken Poop

    Hi All, My pullets have been living in a tractor for the past few weeks, which we only move around every two days, so there is quite a bit of poop on each section of grass they've been on. It's also been quite wet in my area and today I noticed that there is TONS of mold growing on the chicken...
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    For How Many Years Do Hatchery Chickens Lay Eggs?

    It seems that hatchery chicks get a bad rap and that people have had really good experiences with chicks from breeders laying for many years. Does hatchery stock will also last that long? I called the large hatchery where my chicks came from and they said they weren't sure because most people...
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    The perfect coop - One that will keep out all predators!

    Quote: We did almost that for relatively cheap, in the context of another project of reroofing an old barn. Plus adding concept of multiple layers of security. We framed out a corner of the existing barn, about 8x10, poured new concrete slab for that floor ourselves, found cheap sheet metal...
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    PLEASE HELP ME! Face being eaten? Beaks gone???? Help! GRAPHIC PICS!!!

    Quote: chickens don't make a fuss when attacked partly because it could draw the attention of more predators. my parents lost many chickens to predators when they were younger and they never heard a peep out of the poor things as they were dragged off in the night.
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    PLEASE HELP ME! Face being eaten? Beaks gone???? Help! GRAPHIC PICS!!!

    i'm so sorry you and your birds have to go through all this. i definitely agree that it's some kind of predator. weasel, coon or possum, they are masters of getting to their prey. weasels will actually kill porcupines by biting their faces but all of these animals can get a hand or snout through...
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    New chicken is gonna be dead from worms in a matter of hours! ARGH!

    unfortunately, the little roo is gone, but i did treat all my pullets with injectable ivermectin, given orally. they are 6-week-old plymouth rocks, so i gave .2cc. they were also dusted with sevin, and the bottom of their coop was also dusted. after the bottom of the coop was done i ran out, so...
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    Success Stories with Getting Rid of Mites??? (Not scaly leg kind)

    hey, lots of good news! i'm liking this! and it was nice of that exterminator to tell you to wait it out...good guy.
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    Success Stories with Getting Rid of Mites??? (Not scaly leg kind)

    Quote: in the toilet? mites can live in toilets?????
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    Success Stories with Getting Rid of Mites??? (Not scaly leg kind)

    thanks for the encouragement! i dusted all the pullets + the coop with sevin a couple hours ago. tomorrow the tractor will be dusted as well. unfortunately, the feed store only had the injectable ivermectin, so i'm gonna pick up some insulin syringes tmrw at the drugstore to make sure i get the...
  17. rivers2011

    Can injectable invermectin be given orally?

    Quote: yes, but it would be hard to dose it for a chicken. The dosage is .1ml (same as .1 cc) per 10 pounds of body weight. I use it for my dogs. If you use an insulin syringe, .1cc = 10 units. If the dosage is .1cc (or .1ml) per 10 pounds, then it's 1 unit per pound. You should be able to...
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    Can injectable invermectin be given orally?

    no, they didn't have the pour-on in any smaller sizes. it seems to be mites, no lice.
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