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@Ben_TN - A friendly welcome to the BYC community! :welcome

We are so glad to have you here, and glad that BYC has been a great resource for you as a poultry caretaker. Thanks for being willing to join and share your experiences in return. You have quite the flock going- what sort of breeds do you have?

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DobieLover said:
Hello, Ben, and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined.
Are you putting the cockerels in your freezer and doing the work yourselves?
Congratulations on your new home.
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We plan to do the culling ourselves. We're going with the cone method, although we've never done it before (or any of this). I'm going to do the deed, and my wife has graciously volunteered to do the rest. She's planning to skin them instead of plucking, although I'm really fond of the skin. Then again, she's typically the one cooking...so I'm not complaining. :D
 
HomesteaderWife said:
@Ben_TN - A friendly welcome to the BYC community! :welcome

We are so glad to have you here, and glad that BYC has been a great resource for you as a poultry caretaker. Thanks for being willing to join and share your experiences in return. You have quite the flock going- what sort of breeds do you have?

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Hopefully I'm remembering correctly, but we have:
  • Chickens
    • 3 Barred Rocks
    • 3 Easter Eggers
    • 1 Australorp
    • 4 Buff Orpingtons
    • We've also done a fair number of hatchings, so we have several mixes too. :) I guess those are now Easter Eggers? There are about 9 or 10 of those.
  • Ducks
    • 1 Welsh Harlequin
    • 1 Muscovy
    • 5 Khaki Campbell and/or Rouen (not entirely sure)
    • 2 Runner
    • 1 mixed (Runner and Welsh Harlequin)
  • 8 French Pearl Guineas
 
Ben_TN said:
I'm new here to the site, but the wife and I have been lurking around for about a year (when we started our flock). About a year and a half ago, we moved from a condo in the city, to a home with 5 acres, a barn, and a pond. Technically, it is still Nashville (TN), but we're very close to a neighboring county...and about 10 mins from the west side of the city. Around a year ago, we decided to start our own flock o'yard birds...to add to the ones that came with our house. The previous owner had left the birds he wasn't able to catch, which were 4 guineas and 2 ducks. After moving in, we promptly lost a duck to the coyotes (within about 2 days). Our remaining duck (Muscovy) was named Ruby, and we still have her today. We also have 2 of the original guineas left. Motivated by our barn having already been built out as a coop, we decided to keep that going and do improvements. We are now up to a total of 8 guineas, 10 ducks, and somewhere around 20 total chickens. Unfortunately, about 7 of the 20 are cockerels...so we'll be culling in the near future. We've learned more than we could've ever imagined to learn about birds from this site, and I felt it necessary to join and try to contribute. :D
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It is nice to have you posting here!
 
Ben_TN said:
Hopefully I'm remembering correctly, but we have:
  • Chickens
    • 3 Barred Rocks
    • 3 Easter Eggers
    • 1 Australorp
    • 4 Buff Orpingtons
    • We've also done a fair number of hatchings, so we have several mixes too. :) I guess those are now Easter Eggers? There are about 9 or 10 of those.
  • Ducks
    • 1 Welsh Harlequin
    • 1 Muscovy
    • 5 Khaki Campbell and/or Rouen (not entirely sure)
    • 2 Runner
    • 1 mixed (Runner and Welsh Harlequin)
  • 8 French Pearl Guineas
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That is quite the flock!! Can't wait for those pics!! 😄
 

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