Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

[Meg2000000]

omg, i can seriously feel the puke coming up already

i am not a vegetarian, it's just the thought of eating something that i raised that completely freaks me out. i have food issues.

last year i bought a poult and had a friend raise and butcher it for me for thanksgiving. i paid her of course, but if i had raised the thing, all i would have eaten was mashed potatoes. amazing that i made it thru culinary school with a course in meat fabrication! hum.....

so i did find someone to pick up mr. meanie and of course, i feel bad. she is coming tonight. she and her hubby process their roos all the time with no problem. but i know i will be sad and cry for a week like i did last time when i had an evil roo. it's stupid, i know. he bites me, comes at me, dances around me and i feel bad that he'll get eaten. perfect logic. someone please shrink my head.

I'm having a hard time culling my two sick Barnevelder chicks and we're not even eating them! Ugh

 

[ronott1]

Quote: The worst one for me was the hatched chick that had an intestine prolapse. I knew it was the best thing to do, but it was pretty hard.

Megan: you can make a gas and use a bag if you don't not want to use a knife.

Look for the procedure by searching on BYC.

Ron

 

[buckabucka]

omg, i can seriously feel the puke coming up already  i am not a vegetarian, it's just the thought of eating something that i raised that completely freaks me out. i have food issues.   last year i bought a poult and had a friend raise and butcher it for me for thanksgiving. i paid her of course, but if i had raised the thing, all i would have eaten was mashed potatoes. amazing that i made it thru culinary school with a course in meat fabrication! hum.....

so i did find someone to pick up mr. meanie and of course, i feel bad. she is coming tonight. she and her hubby process their roos all the time with no problem. but i know i will be sad and cry for a week like i did last time when i had an evil roo. it's stupid, i know. he bites me, comes at me, dances around me and i feel bad that he'll get eaten. perfect logic. someone please shrink my head.

Well, I can relate, to an extent. I know I would never eat chicken if I had to butcher it myself. And I did feel very sad sending our mean roo off to the butcher. If I raise something and spend time keeping it alive, I always feel like it is a major betrayal when I send them off to be killed.

Maybe because they sit in the freezer for a while, I get over the eating part. Especially when you consider how the chicken at the supermarket was treated.

 

[Twisted-Rooster]

Looks like my hes, I have to many roo's(7 total out of 10 hatched) I guess tomorrow the 3 white legs go to freezer camp...Don't know what to do to them..Can't keep feeding them!!

 

[Twisted-Rooster]

Looks like my hens(sorry can't spell tonight)...

 

[ronott1]

Looks like my hes, I have to many roo's(7 total out of 10 hatched) I guess tomorrow the 3 white legs go to freezer camp...Don't know what to do to them..Can't keep feeding them!!

Let us know how it goes tomorrow!

How old, how big and how tasty they are. I will probably be processing three when they reach 20 weeks.

Ron

 

[Maggiesdad]

Good read HERE from the ALBC on how to treat heritage chicken meat,,,

 

[ronott1]

Good read HERE from the ALBC on how to treat heritage chicken meat,,,

Thank you very much!

I gave you a thumbs up to add to your reputation(when this is added to the site). I shared the link with the Northern California thread

Ron

 

[1muttsfan]

Thanks so much, that is very interesting. Thats pretty much how I handle my dual-purpose birds - nice to have some validation. The appx. 16 week old Jaerhons I had butchered were skinny but so tasty! My next batch (EO's, EE's ) are staying until close to 20 weeks.

 

[buckabucka]

I've been growing mine until 24 weeks in the past, but I have no idea how I came up with that number!