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I don't know how to process them. Rumor is, there is a couple of folks several towns over who process for 2.00 a bird. But I don't know where they are. I do enjoy just breeding them. It's like laying fantasy football. To see what all the planning will reveal. It was just surprising how well the males turned out compared to the females
Since the original purpose of these nice fast growing lt sussex is to put food on the table, killing them for food makes sense. But would n't you want to raise them up a little longer to fill out?? Picking the best males means growing them out. Geez, Karen, If I lived closer I would take them all home and feed them up and then invite them to freezer camp.
Do you eat them? Or just enjoy breeding them?? No judgement here. Had an uncle with the best racing pigeons around. He didn't eat the culls. (I do wish he was still around to ask questions. )
Because of the fact this was a 1/2 bro to 1/2 sis breeding, I was expecting more similarity between the males and females. Males look like their sire, females don't look like either. The pullets came out with cushions and narrower rears which neither sire nor dam have. I am sure there is some rule of chicken genetics to cover this. Just haven't found it yet. I was really breeding for pullets this year so this is a big disappointment.
Best,
Karen
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