Granny's gone and done it again

[h2oratt]

Our house is under contract. Less than a week. H2o was right.

Congrats!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I havent yet, I want to eventually raise most of my food though

We have raised a couple of crops of CornishX. We don't butcher them, though. We have a nice Mennonite lady that lives a couple miles away that charges me $2/head to do them for me. You can't beat that with a stick! I usually have her do 3 at a time for me since that's all I can fit in my refrigerator, and we have her do a batch about every 4 days till they're all done. After 4 days in the fridge, then they go in the freezer. We start when they are six weeks old.

 

[Sparrows]

We have raised a couple of crops of CornishX. We don't butcher them, though. We have a nice Mennonite lady that lives a couple miles away that charges me $2/head to do them for me. You can't beat that with a stick! I usually have her do 3 at a time for me since that's all I can fit in my refrigerator, and we have her do a batch about every 4 days till they're all done. After 4 days in the fridge, then they go in the freezer. We start when they are six weeks old.

that's nice of her!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

They weigh around 15lbs each. Need to weigh them again. They turned 2 the 31st of this last October. They are always under foot when I'm around them begging for a treat.

You don't eat them though, do you, Larry? Or ... just the cockerels? @lovesfarms, he raises these giant chickens that are almost as big as he is, lol.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

that's nice of her!

It's a side hustle for her. People from all around bring her their chickens, sometimes a whole bunch at a time. She may butcher other animals like goats and pigs too, I'm not sure.

 

[Nomadicus]

We have raised a couple of crops of CornishX. We don't butcher them, though. We have a nice Mennonite lady that lives a couple miles away that charges me $2/head to do them for me. You can't beat that with a stick! I usually have her do 3 at a time for me since that's all I can fit in my refrigerator, and we have her do a batch about every 4 days till they're all done. After 4 days in the fridge, then they go in the freezer. We start when they are six weeks old.

Wish we had someone local that did that service. It's hard on our hands trying to process our own. We did some this year and had some last night for supper. Good that our freezer camp is full up. We only process extra roosters. I think I'm going to get 15 CX pullets in the spring to breed to a white giant rooster we have. Our CX hens laid some really nice eggs their first year. They have gone into retirement now and are just enjoying the good life we give them.

 

[Sparrows]

It's a side hustle for her. People from all around bring her their chickens, sometimes a whole bunch at a time. She may butche other animals like goats and pugs too, I'm not sure.

oh ok

 

[Nomadicus]

Goodnight Granny Land. I'm out of gas and need to sleep.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

the drawback to trimming feathers is they also cant fly away from predators.
That was SD on the phone wanting to ask about dinner.

 

[Sparrows]

Goodnight Granny Land. I'm out of gas and need to sleep.

Night! hope you sleep well