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Thank you for your words. I'm going out side now and looking over who needs to go the most urgently. I have about 30 cornish x broilers meat chickens that are 8 .5 weeks old and we're out of meat in our freezer. And I'm out of my custom 23% protein non gmo organic gluten free feed I have...

I've lost 4 cornish x meat chickens this week from apparently dropping dead., like the breed is known to do around this age of 8 weeks old. 2 happened this morning. I need to start to process on my own. I mean I have done it once by myself.. but it's been a while and of course I'm crying...

I have a cx that I think may have acidosis? It's only 5-6 weeks old :( and I got my batch of 10 cx at 2 weeks old and gave them ff and with held food after they were 3 weeks old to only 4 feedings a day to not have these issues. this was 2 days ago. We have processed before, but it is...

I still can't kill my chickens and ducks yet. My bf does the kill cut and I still pluck. Linda! Congrats on getting such a big boy done by yourself! I can't imagine trying to do it by myself. Agh. You are so much braver than I. Yesterday morning started off my roosters crowing contests (12...

Grace is a bunny rabbit not a goat or horse lol. It's ok. I hope you're not offended, but my bf @duckmang named my funny walking white bresse rooster Jean Pierre... another rooster is called Boris. We are getting very excited for beehives in the spring!

I got the production reds as a 5-6 month old roosters back in October lol. As excess roosters off the guy I buy pumpkins, 4 muscovy ducks and a few speckled sussex roosters from. If I move the 3 of them to the layer area, should I stay out there all day to make sure nothing bad happens?

I had kinda had thoughts that the one is a pullet not a roo, I keep going outside to look at them. It was sold to me as a roo. I'm thinking of grabbing up the 2 pullets and suspected pr pullet and move them over to my laying flock. Interesting if it ends up being a pullet.

I doubt it's laying gosh I can hope so though right? They don't get layer feed or calcium, they are on 18% ff all flock pellets and some scratch in the late afternoon for before bedtime. There are 7 of my dp meaties left including the 2 PR (1 capon.. the other??) But the wind tore off all the...

We are looking to add 3 beehives in the spring, we may build ourselves or buy. How much honey do your hives give you? I have to stop looking on Craigslist for stuff bunny or chicken related. For Christmas I have 2 bators and a 2 brooder heater thingies. My bf is a bit exasperated with me...

Dec 21st.

I took some pictures of the capon and the intact rooster just now

Nooo... they have ideal buildings already for chicken coops and places for goats, bunnies, maybe even a pig or so.. don't get me started.. b/c now I'm going to go take pictures. Get the neighbors all excited about lots of fresh produce, eggs, milk, meat from my yard, and honey. Adding beehives...

We still have 7-8 more chickens to process around a week before Christmas. I find I can skin them faster than plucking. So a plucker is on my wish list besides incubators and brooder box stuff. We did a production red capon and left the other production red as a rooster, the capon is much...

I took some pictures yesterday of the work we did as for the bleeding out. I held the wings during the death throes. I hope next time goes better with faster plucking and not tearing the skin as much

We're doing processing for our second time today. We're trying to do at least 1 speckled sussex rooster I have dubbed "superfan" he whoots like a drunk sports fan and it's annoying. 2 muscovy ducks being with held from food, one is the silver drake that isn't very smart or nice. There's another...

These are my 4 muscovy ducks I don't know thr sex of they are supposed to be 5 months old My bf has the next 2 days off work, freezer camp begins tomorrow. I also have a half ayam cemani and mottled orpington roo being with held from food atm slated for caponizing tomorrow. I think the...

Late last night we finally got 2 big bottles of Rex - Goliath wine, the cabernet and their free range red, garlic, shallots, onions, mushrooms and herbs. I'm going to take that big roo out of the fridge and cut him up and stick it in the oven all day for dinner tonight. I'm excited. But I...

My bf did the deed with me watching on that old mean roo in the fridge, I don't want my Jeanette to have a long drawn out death, I thanked the roo we processed on Saturday when it was bleeding out. I cried a bit and I didn't even know or like that roo much, so the thought of processing my very...

I had to get chickens I didn't know for our first processing attempt, which I will cook tonight coq au vin. I have a wheaten ameracuna Jeanette that hasn't laid an egg in 5 months, I burst into tears when I think of having to cull her in a couple weeks. I named her after my favorite aunt...

Another byc member dretd who is a vet that does decrowing surgery is coming by to look at the caponizing equipment tools and to offer a helping hand/calm demeanor as well as experience operating on chickens. Male chickens to be exact. I anticipate deaths and further processing of more roosters...