BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

[lpatelski]

I'd try horse long before I'd try 'rocky mountain oysters' Lol! No balut for me either.

Hog oysters soaked in beer, then beer battered are better than bull oysters in my opinion. They are quite good. 350 pound Boar - *'ll yeah!

 

[lpatelski]

Well, I got a very hard lesson in "child proofing" my nursery pen. I thought I had it all sealed up, but I guess I needed to think more like a chick since one precocious little Austra White found his way into the "frat house" next door. I came home from a medical appointment to find two of my extra NN cockerels protecting the little guy from my EE and Dorking-mix roosters...but the chick was NOT unscathed. They damaged his beak, comb, and ear and barely missed his eye. He's now in isolation in the house after receiving from basic medical care from this very remorseful (human) chicken mama. Luckily, chickens, like dogs, are amazingly resilient. He's now eating, drinking and happily roosting on my finger every chance I give him...but he looks awful.

Poor little guy. They do heal fast.

 

[Beer can]

Reading this thread today is making me hungry....

Balut??
And ouch! on the chick!..

 

[Beer can]

Hog oysters soaked in beer, then beer battered are better than bull oysters in my opinion. They are quite good. 350 pound Boar - *'ll yeah!

Sure, add beer to it to make them sound appealing...Lol!

 

[DesertChic]

Balut??
And ouch! on the chick!..

I don't think I'm quite adventurous enough for Balut...and I still haven't gotten past the mention of bacon.

 

[Beer can]

@Roada Red get a few more yrs on ya, watch some documentaries on how chickens pork beef is raised, fed, housed, life they live. YouTube has some pretty nasty vids. Watch 'Food Inc', I watched it on Netflix, not sure if it's still on. You might rethink raising your own meat as opposed to buying from the store.

 

[lpatelski]

Moved some chicks to the ground today.
Cockerel 31 days today - 3/4 White Cornish Roaster 1/4 Dark Cornish



They can't see you if you don't move.

My first chick of the season hatched 2/4/16 - 1 chick 49 days - pink zip tie
2/10/16 - 5 chicks 43 days - orange zip tie
2/16/16 - 8 chicks 37 days - yellow zip tie
2/22/16 - 10 chicks 31 days - blue zip tie

50% DC/50%WRC cockerel - 37 days
Pure Dark Cornish cockerel 37 days

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

@Roada Red get a few more yrs on ya, watch some documentaries on how chickens pork beef is raised, fed, housed, life they live. YouTube has some pretty nasty vids. Watch 'Food Inc', I watched it on Netflix, not sure if it's still on. You might rethink raising your own meat as opposed to buying from the store.

Yes I seen those vids before an saw them putting horses and cows and sheep u name it going through that big grinder

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Good luck with that, it could get REALLY expensive!...

We've been doing it for more than sixteen years with out eating our animals I haven't but my mom dad and sister has

 

[varidgerunner]

On the "oysters", I would rate from best to less best, sheep, pig, bull. The big ones you need to slice before cooking. This way, you can have your animals and eat them too. Or think of it as taste testing. If the good lord had meant for us not to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of yummy meat.