Thanks, but I doubt it. She was the bottom of the pecking order in her coop. A very timid hen. Unfortunately, she was the last surviving hen from my first cock as she was hatching when the others got ms. The only other two from that group are sex links from my br and Lavender Orpington cockerel.
Not necessarily; more than once I've had one of mine meet me at the gate next morning after locking up in the dark.It hurts my heart to know I was in a hurry putting the chickens up because of the game yesterday and somehow miscounted so a hen is gone. I assume dead
If you throw in 3 free guineas with it I'll take it.
It happens sometimes. I know it doesn't make you feel better - but my daughters chicken white freckles threw a tantrum about people taking her eggs, so she hopped a fence, right into a trio of dogs that promptly ate her
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Naw - I know duck is tasty, but in all honesty, I really DO have too much poultry in the freezer right now (since I had a lot of culls last year who were raised with my pullet with ALV), and it seems wasteful to put even more there. I just pulled another two little ones out to thaw - more chicken soup!
And I have all these chicks coming - no matter how you slice it, that's a lot of cockerels to cull!!!
I think I'm going to try pressure canning chicken this year - less freezer space taken up - I read the thread on BYC, and it seems that if you do it right, with an old enough bird, it turns out well. (Not so much for the little ones...)
I'm sorry dax-you're a great person and animal owner. Don't beat yourself up over itIt hurts my heart to know I was in a hurry putting the chickens up because of the game yesterday and somehow miscounted so a hen is gone. I assume dead
No, but I will SERIOUSLY take all your broccoli. I can eat broccoli every day of my life as long as I have butter, salt and pepper. ^.^
What Age did the CX start laying?
