➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Tesumph]

Houston is great...if you are in the right neighborhood. Others you stay away from.

See, neither of us live in “real” Houston though. It’s strange to talk about Houston when you could mean anything from Conroe to Lake Jackson lol.

 

[Missyblue]

We are probably neighbors lol, I'm in Auburn

I was born in Auburn...live in northern Washington now...

 

[Missyblue]

About to try and sleep..leave for the airport in 6 hours, going to Arkansas for a big shooting match and to visit in laws in Oklahoma, lord help me , I will come back to 1000 posts
Here are some fluffy butt's to look at in my absence, going to be gone 6 days, the longest I have been away from my flock since I started, funny not worried about belongings and house, just my girls...

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

Your cockerels are so beautiful and I'm sorry you are having a tough time finding them forever homes. I hope you succeed.

To answer your question, we got into raising meat chickens because we wanted to live closer to nature, be more self-sufficient and, most importantly, not support factory farming. I've kind of decided that my emotions at butchering time are the price I'm willing to pay to avoid supporting factory farming. I've also learned to embrace the fun and joy or raising them until it's their time.

That’s a great reason to start raising them. I’m starting to realize that it is always important to know where they are coming from, and appreciate how they are providing food for your family.

It is tough.


I like wild duck and haven't hunted. Started with heritage to see. Very tasty, very puny. Found BYC and did a bit of reading and asked the question, if chicken tastes like chicken and a CX is a chicken, why would it taste different? So I tried some local grown CX and broilers. Organic, pasture raised and all the fancy buzz words.

The broilers were similar to the heritage ones I raised last year. Delicious, puny and expensive (!!!!)

The CX were more economic (more meat per bird) and just as tasty as the broilers. More so than grocery store birds in so many ways. So we aren't really saving money by raising our own, but we are enjoying them.

Side benefit. Started watching all those "factory farms are evil" shows on Netflix. Learned quite a lot. We make more food, in a cheaper way, than the rest of the world and that is why we are fat and all that. Biologist daughter and I had a good conversation. She is the one that decided she needed to be more responsible with her food. My crusader. She is the only one who helps come butcher day.

In short, taste is awesome.

I was wondering how the price compared to grocery store chickens. To me, I was confused as to why people would raise their own as opposed to buying the .99/lb chicken at the grocery store, but the factory farming, and know where and how they were raised makes sense to me.
The taste factor would be a nice plus, especially since lately it seems like most grocery brand chicken isn’t very tender anymore.

 

[adrikeen]

About to try and sleep..leave for the airport in 6 hours, going to Arkansas for a big shooting match and to visit in laws in Oklahoma, lord help me , I will come back to 1000 postsView attachment 1532794
Here are some fluffy butt's to look at in my absence, going to be gone 6 days, the longest I have been away from my flock since I started, funny not worried about belongings and house, just my girls...

Finally! (I'm showing this to my husband!) We cruise a lot and I usually have anxiety attacks going/while there/coming home because of the pets and hens. I could care less about property but the fuzzies and fluffies need to be safe!

 

[Kiki]

See, neither of us live in “real” Houston though. It’s strange to talk about Houston when you could mean anything from Conroe to Lake Jackson lol.

My address is actually Houston but I am not in the city limits.

 

[Kiki]

About to try and sleep..leave for the airport in 6 hours, going to Arkansas for a big shooting match and to visit in laws in Oklahoma, lord help me , I will come back to 1000 postsView attachment 1532794
Here are some fluffy butt's to look at in my absence, going to be gone 6 days, the longest I have been away from my flock since I started, funny not worried about belongings and house, just my girls...

Go visit Nanners! @NanaKat and steal some of her ducks!

 

[Kiki]

That’s a great reason to start raising them. I’m starting to realize that it is always important to know where they are coming from, and appreciate how they are providing food for your family.


I was wondering how the price compared to grocery store chickens. To me, I was confused as to why people would raise their own as opposed to buying the .99/lb chicken at the grocery store, but the factory farming, and know where and how they were raised makes sense to me.
The taste factor would be a nice plus, especially since lately it seems like most grocery brand chicken isn’t very tender anymore.

I haven't made it to meat chickens yet but I will. I am getting my feet wet with quail first.
For some reason I think it will be easier for me to butcher little things first.
I am not looking forward to that day but I am super excited about raising my own meat. I am not doing it for the money.

 

[Kiki]

9.99 at my grocery store today.

 

[adrikeen]

Oh wow....I don't think you can find anything like that up here. I'll have to check our "specialty" grocery store....Trader Joes.