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Tracydr said:
Hey, Ice. They should be more than fine at that age. I wouldn't worry at all once they have most of their normal feathers. Temperatures above freezing are really mild for chickens.
Mikey, the clinic job is nice but the drive is a killer. This was supposed to be my last week but they want me to stay until the 6th of Feb. I'm going to counter, ask them to pay me for a couple of hours driving, instead of just mileage. Otherwise, they'd have to pay somebody else a hotel room, anyway.
Exciting news! I just ordered an EZ Plucker! After Joe and I looked at the material list and plans for the Whizbang plucker, we decided the EZ Plucker was a better deal. I'll try to have some sort of share deal for BYC members to come over and process, maybe we can process together or something. It would be nice to recoup a little of the money and be able to offer such a nice plucker to other members when they have a batch of chickens to process. I've seen testimonials of people saying that they can process and chill a chicken in less than 8 minutes from catching to water bath! It's been taking me an hour per chicken, sometimes more.
This season is nearing it's end but I'm sure I'll be ordering 30-40 more meaties for next winter. Especially if the processing is so much less painful! I'm also considering a turkey or three.
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Ohhh Tracy - Crusher of dreams!!!!

I wanted to build one!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
pastrymama said:
hey mikey

so, are you gonna take the plunge and order dem fancy french eatin' chickies??????????? i have been pondering it over and over in my mind, 2 of my 3 kiddos say "let's get meaties and we want to help kill them!!!" oh, a bit scary to hear a 5 year old and an 8 year old say that while the other 8 year old starts screaming and crying. will i be raising the next generation of psycopaths? will they fry up the frog next? can you send the control tower over to do the deed and i'll stay in the house and bake cookies or something?
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That's awesome!

I'm wondering if there will be packing peanuts with the 10 chicks I ordered from Ideal...

I too am pondering the frenchies...do you want to split a box?

I probably can't get in any more trouble than I'm already in...

And Tracy (AKA - Crusher of Dreams) just ordered a plucker!


***I want my spell checker back!!! *&^%^#$*%&^!!! ***
 
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MEG - TRACY - PASTRY - SOMEONE!!!

Quick! Before the Control tower sees!

Tell me you'll split a box-o-dem fancy frenchies & I'll put them on the 25th hatch date & blend them in with the App Spitz's!

*** Oops I did it again ***
 
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Mikey D said:
MEG - TRACY - PASTRY - SOMEONE!!!

Quick! Before the Control tower sees!

Tell me you'll split a box-o-dem fancy frenchies & I'll put them on the 25th hatch date & blend them in with the App Spitz's!

*** Oops I did it again ***
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ok ok, i know we already had a phone convo this morn about the frenchies. first, 25 frenchies WILL NOT blend in with the app spitz, esp when they arrive in two seperate shipping boxes, or were you hoping the control tower wold not be home the morning of the 25th? ah HA! very clever you are.

second, if you want to wait until the end of february, i will go in with you. you'll have all those packing peanuts to process beforehand anyway and then a new batch a month later and it's like a party all over again! but if you are impatient like me, i can wait until fall. i just need to get my mom thru this time first. okie?
 
Just a quick introduction. My name is Selina. I live in far east Mesa. I have been reading this thread for the last few weeks. I am really excited to start my chicken adventure. I just joined the BYC today https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/620256/new-member-from-mesa-az I purchased chicks from the feed store in AJ. I really wanted some white egg layers but they didn't have any. I've been looking on craigslist to try and find some but no luck there either. I would like to get a couple more chicks before these chicks get too big. Right now they are 11 days old and very cute. We are going to name them after chicken recipes, however they are going to be egg layers not food (for a while). I can't tell the difference between the reds. I think I have one Ameraucana, which I am naming Parmesan. The others will have names like nugget, noodle soup, pot pie, ala king, taco....etc. I may not post much as I know very little. Everything I know, I've learned here or elsewhere on the net. I am looking forward to being a part of this group. If you have suggestions on where to go to pick up two white egg layers, I'd appreciate it. I'd rather pick one up than order, however I'll do what it takes if you have suggestions.

Thanks,
Selina
 

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