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

[Kiki]

How do you want to cook them? Why whole? Are you pot roasting or BBQ?

On the BBQ pit.
Because the whole ones looked cute in that video I watched.
They looked better on the grill.

I have no clue.

 

[Kiki]

I have to go work on a turkey pen, be back later. Don't psych yourself out. Plan what you are going to do and rewatch some youtube videos to make sure you feel comfortable with the process. You can do it.

I'm going to do it.
I have a feeling I might cry baby and scream but I'll figure it out.
Practice makes perfect.

 

[Kiki]

If you are going to BBQ, cutting the spine out lets them lay flatter.

This!
This is what I will have to do then.

 

[Kiki]

If I am going to process it's in the am, usually about 8... so I take the food away by 8 pm.. they are sleeping through most of the fast so they are just hungry in the morning.

Ok I will cage the 3 tonight then.

I am a nervous wreck.

 

[RUNuts]

When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's off with her head
Remember what the dormouse said
Feed your head
Feed your head

 

[Molpet]

Ok I will cage the 3 tonight then.

I am a nervous wreck.

are you going to use poultry shears to take off the head to dispatch them?

 

[Sara L]

are you going to use poultry shears to take off the head to dispatch them?

I use a set of meat scissors, works pretty well.

 

[ShrekDawg]

There is a user here who breeds and raises them. @/speckledhen she also has a thread about them.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...blue-partridge-x-partridge-plus-dark.1116350/

It didn't tag her I don't think @speckledhen

The Brahma chicks are here! The Brahma chicks are here!!! I ordered 3, then was worrying if they were all boys or all girls, so I asked if they had received any extras and there were 3 extra Brahmas sent! So I came home with 6 Brahmas and a White Rock, because they sounded cool. Now I'm just hoping they actually received Brahmas instead of Cochins, I haven't had either so not sure how to tell the difference as chicks.

The tall one in the middle is the White Rock. The others are supposed to be the blue partridge Brahmas, there are three that are gray and three that are multi colored, two of which have brown on their head. Did I get the right chicks?!
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[speckledhen]

I got your tag. In the photo, I see three Brahmas with partridge type coloring. I don't know what the bluish ones are. Where did you get them from? There are blue/black/splash Brahmas, but very unusual in this country. For that matter, partridge and blue partridge Brahmas are still considered import colors, still becoming more popular here, as in only the small boutique hatcheries have them. You'd have to wait until they are older to see what you have. Cochins will have single combs, Brahmas have pea combs, though at this age, they are so tiny, you have to have good eyes to see.

 

[Kiki]

are you going to use poultry shears to take off the head to dispatch them?

Um ..I don't have these.
I was thinking my kitchen scissors. Help.
I want this pot. Should I go back in and get it.
I'm in the car/parking lot trying to decide.