Search results for query: *

  1. vandanaz

    Wanting to raise meat birds in Orlando, but need to find a processor.

    I know. Don't feel bad. I'm glad to have this forum to discuss it - I actually do dog rescue, and if I brought up anything like this on their forums, I'd be nailed to a tree. It is macabre, but it is a fact of life. It is a fact of life that farmers understand, but the more 'civilized', and...
  2. vandanaz

    Wanting to raise meat birds in Orlando, but need to find a processor.

    Yes, liquid. Overdosing is tricky. Most OTC meds cause vomiting before you will ever apply a large enough dose to stop the heart. Another 'long distance' way of euthanizing an animal is by using a long shop vac hose in your tailpipe, connected to an unventilated box. It's the equivalent of...
  3. vandanaz

    Wanting to raise meat birds in Orlando, but need to find a processor.

    Usually large doses of benedryl ... I also had some horse tranquilizer last year, Ace. Most of the time, I don't find the animals before they are practically gone anyway, so it isn't always necessary.
  4. vandanaz

    Wanting to raise meat birds in Orlando, but need to find a processor.

    Oh, I know that farm! I was going to get some some Royal Palm poults from them. Thanks, I'll tuck that info under my belt until I actually have some chickens to process.
  5. vandanaz

    Wanting to raise meat birds in Orlando, but need to find a processor.

    Sorry It took so long to respond... yes, I'd drive to Ormond! After reading another story about the chicken available from the big processors, I am even more convinced that I need to grow my own. And, I'm willing to help with the process - I just can't do it on my own property. My family is...
  6. vandanaz

    Wanting to raise meat birds in Orlando, but need to find a processor.

    The double bucket method is a quick and fairly painless way to dispatch a terminally ill animal that doesn't require you to be intimately/violently involved in the process. Fill two 5 gallon buckets halfway with water. Place the sedated/comatose animal into a pillowcase, and place the bag into...
  7. vandanaz

    Wanting to raise meat birds in Orlando, but need to find a processor.

    I already get my chickens in Bradenton... so it wouldn't save me much time or energy. And yeah, I'm going to need to try to do my own dressing eventually - but I'm not ready yet. Thanks for the tips!
  8. vandanaz

    Wanting to raise meat birds in Orlando, but need to find a processor.

    Not many Amish settlements in Florida... and testing my boyfriends manhood is limited to certain areas of the house, ;-} I'm even getting a little resistance to even considering meat chickens... but I'm definitely going to pursue it.
  9. vandanaz

    Wanting to raise meat birds in Orlando, but need to find a processor.

    Actually, it's not really me that has the issue with the butchering so much, except I am too lazy to deal with the dressing. My boyfriend is the tender one. He names them all. It would be easier on me to 'send them off to camp' and come back food. And yeah, I'm still living in Namby Pamby...
  10. vandanaz

    Wanting to raise meat birds in Orlando, but need to find a processor.

    See, I can raise the chickens... but I can't butcher them. I'm OK eating an animal I knew, I just don't have the time, expertise, or stomach to convert them into food. I know, this is a sissy type of problem, but there it is. Does anyone know a place nearby Orlando that I can take the...
Back
Top Bottom