Arizona Chickens

[BlueBaby]

The odds are I will have 12 boys here soon! Maybe I will hold a class on what to do with your roosters. People could pay me to learn to process -- and I can eat them!

I'll probably keep a couple of the boy's that hatch, to experiment with what I will get later when breeding them to some of Charley's daughters.

 

[Parront]

I'll probably keep a couple of the boy's that hatch, to experiment with what I will get later when breeding them to some of Charley's daughters.

I had one hatch -- a little sultan roo got to the Orpington broody hen. The kids wanted to hatch out chicks, so we did. Out of the 12 nice eggs we set, 9 were little Sultan/Orp roosters! Very cute!

 

[BlueBaby]

I had one hatch -- a little sultan roo got to the Orpington broody hen. The kids wanted to hatch out chicks, so we did. Out of the 12 nice eggs we set, 9 were little Sultan/Orp roosters! Very cute!

So you only wound up with 3 girl's out of 12?

 

[Parront]

So you only wound up with 3 girl's out of 12?

Yes. All hatched, 9 boys & 3 hens. Very sad children learned the hard facts of life, I killed those roosters @ ~16 weeks, only averaged 2 pounds each for all that work, and annoying crowing for the last month! Then kids would not eat them!

 

[Parront]

There was no internet in 1989, and no one wants roosters. They were too cute, the little devils. The hens did not lay as well as Orpingtons, and were not as cute as the cockerels. Bad idea, do not try this cross at home!

 

[BlueBaby]

@starri33 We will soon have @igorsMistress over in the August hatch-a-long thread too. I'm letting her take some of my flock's egg's to hatch.

 

[cavemanrich]

Yes. All hatched, 9 boys & 3 hens. Very sad children learned the hard facts of life, I killed Processed those roosters @ ~16 weeks, only averaged 2 pounds each for all that work, and annoying crowing for the last month! Then kids would not eat them!

I like the word processed, (because done with a useful purpose) and you did exactly what chickens are raised for. If in doubt, read Genesis.
If they were on the small size, well that is just a natural at that stage. You just need more for dinner. Similar to Cornish game hens.

And your last sentence,... Then kids would not eat them!
They would eat Chicken Nuggets from Mcd's
I believe ALL THINGS HAVE A PURPOSE. including all the roosters.
I don't agree with what the hatcheries do to them
There are many peeps here on BYC, that raise chickens they hatch, and eat the roosters. Then eventually eat the hens, when no longer laying.

The non broiler chickens are not as feed to meat conversion economical. I don't think everything needs to be based on the Almighty$$$. JMO. [/QUOTE]

 

[Parront]

Yes. All hatched, 9 boys & 3 hens. Very sad children learned the hard facts of life, I killed Processed those roosters @ ~16 weeks, only averaged 2 pounds each for all that work, and annoying crowing for the last month! Then kids would not eat them!

I like the word processed, (because done with a useful purpose) and you did exactly what chickens are raised for. If in doubt, read Genesis.
If they were on the small size, well that is just a natural at that stage. You just need more for dinner. Similar to Cornish game hens.

And your last sentence,... Then kids would not eat them!
They would eat Chicken Nuggets from Mcd's
I believe ALL THINGS HAVE A PURPOSE. including all the roosters.
I don't agree with what the hatcheries do to them
There are many peeps here on BYC, that raise chickens they hatch, and eat the roosters. Then eventually eat the hens, when no longer laying.

The non broiler chickens are not as feed to meat conversion economical. I don't think everything needs to be based on the Almighty$$$. JMO.

[/QUOTE]
I know, I know, it is politically correct to avoid the actual word and say "Processed". The funny thing is that kids are consistent . . . they quit eating chicken nuggets, too! One is in her 30's now, still pretty much vegetarian. It is good to know where your food comes from. I am one of those many who order straight run and eat the boys. I just wanted to mention to BlueBaby that some hatches can be heavy on the boys. Those boys were too cute. I usually keep these opinions over on the meat threads.

 

[Parront]

I'll probably keep a couple of the boy's that hatch, to experiment with what I will get later when breeding them to some of Charley's daughters.

I hope you do keep some boys, and expect you to raise some more boys for me to process. I would even give you back a good male after raising him. The compromise I made to get chickens was this place in town with no limit on numbers, but no roosters.

 

[igorsMistress]

I know, I know, it is politically correct to avoid the actual word and say "Processed". The funny thing is that kids are consistent . . . they quit eating chicken nuggets, too! One is in her 30's now, still pretty much vegetarian. It is good to know where your food comes from. I am one of those many who order straight run and eat the boys. I just wanted to mention to BlueBaby that some hatches can be heavy on the boys. Those boys were too cute. I usually keep these opinions over on the meat threads.[/QUOTE]

Funny, I was having this convo with one of my sisters yesterday. She said she couldn't eat anything she was on a first name basis with. I told her that pets have names, food doesn't.
She doesn't think about it and can live with that. The other sister will go fishing, catch the fish, throw it back and then cook fish she bought from the store for dinner