California - Northern

[Flowers of Abba]

What breed are you looking for?

Oh! No.. To process for me.

 

[capayvalleychick]

We should all get together and have a processing get together. I have a couple ... few ... that need to go soon.

 

[Nikon]

Way back during the Gold Rush Days, my Moms family settled in the New Castle area. Going up that way would be like moving back to the Ancestral place(I watched Oh Brother Where Art Though again last weekend--he took his fellow escapees to see the Ancestral Manse....A shack in the Woods....)

LOL! I hear you. If I ever move away from Grass Valley, I'm going to have to have someone ship me a box full of Pastys and thew new place better have lots of trees and history.

 

[Nikon]

We should all get together and have a processing get together. I have a couple ... few ... that need to go soon.

Could you imagine someone walking in on a processing party? LOL!

 

[gryeyes]

Hey, heres an idea: at this processing party, we should trade birds to be processed. As in, you take the 3 boys I don't want to kill, and I take three birds from somebody a little twitchy about killing their own birds, etc.

We KNOW the other person would take care because ... Well, just because. None of us tender-hearted folks are butchers... Wait... That didnt come out right. I meant we aren't looking forward to killing 'em. We would be providing a service whilst benefiting from the same service done for us.

Not having to kill YOUR OWN birds but learning how on another's, would benefit each, doncha think? I would know whoever killed mine was just as concerned about humane treatment, possibly just as terrified as am I, but wanting to learn. Just not have to do our own the first time.

Not sure if I'm making sense, but this would only be the processing part; everybody gets to take their own home unless other deals are mutually arranged. It wouldn't be fair for me, for example, to reap the benefit of home-grown chicken I didn't grow at my home. Ya know?

EEs might not be as tasty as BRs or whatever.

 

[chiqita]

I got the preliminary report back on Buffy, fast! She had an bacterial infection in the ovaries..
Oviduct: presumed salpingitis
Abdominal cavity: moderate acute fibrinous peritonitis and oophoritis

WAS the official. I looked it up and from what I can tell there was nothing I could do, and it was not related to any other problems I've had . SO while I'm sad she was gone, I'm relieved.

Got home to utter chaos and a mess of chicks hatched. One of my 3 week old turkesy has developed a twisted joint, gaa. I am giving 2 broodies chicks and weighing and checking the muscovy eggs for the first time tonight, if we are close to on track, we will start giving them a cool down and mist daily.

 

[chiqita]

We should all get together and have a processing get together. I have a couple ... few ... that need to go soon.

lol, i'm DROWNING in roosters. But they are all young yet. I have 2 more Marans that are on the way soonish, and the breese boy who must be dinner since he has feathered legs is starting to try and crow. Still a month before we start the finishing process on him, i'd guess. The goal is to eat 1-2 home protien meals a week and If they are not crazy loud do it the week of. I noticed quail especialy are easy to destroy in the freezer. The roo we roasted was fantastic sitting for 36 hours in brine then being prepared.

 

[lawatt]

lol, i'm DROWNING in roosters. But they are all young yet. I have 2 more Marans that are on the way soonish, and the breese boy who must be dinner since he has feathered legs is starting to try and crow. Still a month before we start the finishing process on him, i'd guess. The goal is to eat 1-2 home protien meals a week and If they are not crazy loud do it the week of. I noticed quail especialy are easy to destroy in the freezer. The roo we roasted was fantastic sitting for 36 hours in brine then being prepared.

what's generally the age/size one processes a heritage breed? i may have a few at some point, but they're all still fairly young yet... but love the idea of a processing get-together, and perhaps learning on not-your-own bird!

 

[debs_flock]

Thanks for the info on mulberries! Maybe I need to start some seedlings to share! They are very fast growing trees and mine produce berries all summer long!

I'd love to have another mulberry. I currently have a light purple one. We call them bird poop trees, I think most people call them volunteers, LOL

I would buy a mulberry seedling or two - I have wanted some for this property. I never seem to ask about them when they're in stock (if ever) at Green Acres.

I was at Green Acres this afternoon. I took a pinch off a plant we've been admiring in the Costco parking lot and took it up there for identification.

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I've never considered them for jam, they are normally used for jelly. I made some a few years ago for fair.

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We just have the one and it produces really well. We built the original coop underneath it for the massive amounts of shade. The birds just love it when the fruit drops.

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I'll try to take a look through my pen for you.

Hey, heres an idea: at this processing party, we should trade birds to be processed. As in, you take the 3 boys I don't want to kill, and I take three birds from somebody a little twitchy about killing their own birds, etc.

We KNOW the other person would take care because ... Well, just because. None of us tender-hearted folks are butchers... Wait... That didnt come out right. I meant we aren't looking forward to killing 'em. We would be providing a service whilst benefiting from the same service done for us.

Not having to kill YOUR OWN birds but learning how on another's, would benefit each, doncha think? I would know whoever killed mine was just as concerned about humane treatment, possibly just as terrified as am I, but wanting to learn. Just not have to do our own the first time.

Not sure if I'm making sense, but this would only be the processing part; everybody gets to take their own home unless other deals are mutually arranged. It wouldn't be fair for me, for example, to reap the benefit of home-grown chicken I didn't grow at my home. Ya know?

EEs might not be as tasty as BRs or whatever.

I just processed a marans cockerel. So far they have been the tastiest birds I raise. Always tender, even at 6 months+. Tomorrow I plan do a very small turkey. We have SO many, I plan to do a few at large chicken size, probably 7-8 pounds dressed.

 

[lawatt]

Yeah, I really like the Amelias but was having a hard time hatching the F1 and F2 at the same time since they look Identical. I am happy just sticking to the F1's since I don't have enough pens for both. Glad you like em.

I have built up a decent sized flock of Cream Legbars and plan to give them a big coop and pasture so I will simply put a couple Crele Pen hens in the flock. Since the egg color is different, I will be able to tell them apart.

best of luck with all the down-sizing!! i can only imagine how difficult it must be to narrow down the list of breeds -- i'm trying to move myself in that direction, although on a MUCH smaller scale than you!