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Lesson learned - if processing in small batches (due to time constraints) and you're down to just a few last hens, KEEP A ROO! We've got 7 hens left. This morning, we had 1 roo and 11 hens - so today, we processed the biggest ones - the roo and 4 big hens.
Tonight, the remaining hens cannot figure out how to put themselves to bed! This hasn't been a problem at ALL since they went to pasture at 3wks! So, it's now dark - and I'm carrying 7-8# birds to their covered tractor for the night. Gads.....silly girls!
Also, as if the local hawk population knows it - a pair of Red tailed are circling our meadows. They've not been spotted here since very early last spring, when they determined this wasn't a prime 'fishing' spot. I'm hoping it has stayed that way - but the poor hens are petrified. First their roo is removed, and now hawks?! Bad day at Field Farm for these hens....
Tonight, the remaining hens cannot figure out how to put themselves to bed! This hasn't been a problem at ALL since they went to pasture at 3wks! So, it's now dark - and I'm carrying 7-8# birds to their covered tractor for the night. Gads.....silly girls!
Also, as if the local hawk population knows it - a pair of Red tailed are circling our meadows. They've not been spotted here since very early last spring, when they determined this wasn't a prime 'fishing' spot. I'm hoping it has stayed that way - but the poor hens are petrified. First their roo is removed, and now hawks?! Bad day at Field Farm for these hens....