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[mlm Mike]

My milk is free, other than buyingg hay, grains, shelter, fencing and time, it's free.

And some occasional vet bill.....
Oh yes, there is that.

 

[karenerwin]

I have some not-so-pleasant work to get done today, so I can't stay very long

Why you worryin' bout me?
I'm mostly harmless!

(Anyone else like that book?)
When yer done, can you pop over here and do bubbles? I can't do it myself but he is getting worse.

I don't wanna, I don't wanna, but I gotta....

Lesson learned. Never again will I try and turn a cockerel into a pet. Him, the ONLY one out of 10+ nice roos that I liked, turned nasty.

-Banti

Before I made a killing cone I use to just hang them by their feet and use a very sharp knife to cut the jugular on the side of their neck. Not my favorite job, but my hubby just can hardly bring himself to do it. I figure they are my hobby so I should be the one to do the "not so pleasant job" anyway. Good luck to you both. There is no good reason to keep a mean rooster around. I've had to dispatch several.

 

[chicken hawk 33]

I have a lot going on.I have the eggs on day 19 in the bator. The eggs under my broody muscovy,a bantam that went broody so I stuck four eggs from my pair of black Silkies,and my other muscovy hen has three eggs now.

 

[Pensmaster]

And you get to save money on gloves when you cut off your hand!

EXACTLY good point. Use a knife and cut the veins from the inside of the throat. Have the bird secure in either a bag or a killing cone. They can get out of a cone so watch for that.

Good morning MC. Coffee in five minutes couldn't put it one with this description. And you know my iPad

 

[mlm Mike]

I have a lot going on.I have the eggs on day 19 in the bator. The eggs under my broody muscovy,a bantam that went broody so I stuck four eggs from my pair of black Silkies,and my other muscovy hen has three eggs now.

That's a lot of things you can watch, but you aren't actually "doing" any of them.

 

[Pensmaster]

@MotorcycleChick

Morning

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Organ meat. Use the top off plastic bag trap with the plastic container that Costco has for their nuts. Multiple reuse. Tried the poo didn't work as well.

Thanks! I've got some of that in the fridge (was saving it as chicken treats), and will have more when I cull the 12 week old boys next week.

so I wonder if I should set the other 4 dozen sapphires and 4 dozen OE eggs sitting there staring at me!!!

Ummmmm... I think that would be yes.

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Thanks! Keep the fly control ideas coming, folks! One of today's tasks is to redo the compost bins and cover them with landscape cloth. It needs to be done, but I am NOT looking forward to it.

I have some not-so-pleasant work to get done today, so I can't stay very long

Quote: Yeah, I'm not so great either. But when it's gotta get done, it's gotta get done. I think I'm posting late and you're already out there in the process of processing - thinking of you.

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Thanks - I like Pop Rocks as well, just not in my neck.

It's a lot better this morning, at least so far - which is a huge relief, because I have a lot to do...

When yer done, can you pop over here and do bubbles? I can't do it myself but he is getting worse.

I don't wanna, I don't wanna, but I gotta....

Lesson learned. Never again will I try and turn a cockerel into a pet. Him, the ONLY one out of 10+ nice roos that I liked, turned nasty.

-Banti

Yeah, I learned quickly to not name any cockerel that I wasn't going to use for longer term breeding, and even with names, I essentially consider them to ALL be on probation. I only allow myself to get attached to pullets/hens. (But I also try not to get overly attached in general - though the selfies may imply otherwise. Because a predator may get them, or I may need to cull them, and I am a tender hearted person.)

Bubbles attacks everyone, and me the worst!

He has not managed to get me more than a slight scrape (didn't know I had it until I saw it) as he has feathered feet, but I don't enjoy having to watch my back all the time. For now, he is a free range rooster.....

Such a bummer, him and his babies are absolutely beautiful. Maybe I can just keep him penned for the spring and see if he calms down?
-Banti

Nononononononononooooo... Please don't keep an attack rooster around. If you have some of his genes on hand in his babies, then no reason to keep him. (For that matter, watch his sons for similar behavior...)

It's hard to do, but, I promise it's not as hard as processing a cockerel that hasn't attacked you but just isn't in your breeding plans/will have no space to live in your yard, or is being raised for meat.

Why doesn't anyone ever 'woman up'? Why does it always have to be the man? What ever became of Women's Libbers?

That's because we "Woman Up" every day when we wake up. We don't make a big fuss about it, we just do what needs to be done...

Yeah. I might be able to recruit my neighbors.... I don't have the equipment either, and don't plan on spending lots of $$$ for a one time job.

-Banti

@Pensmaster has a good suggestion if you don't have a cone and don't want one - cut the corner out of a feed bag for his head, to help restrain him. Try to find a way to suspend it - when they are upside down, they are calmer, making it easier for you to take a minute to do what needs to be done.

You really should go over to Sally's other thread about Processing for the first time - it's very helpful. Read a lot, watch a lot of videos, etc. to prepare.

We Have to slit the throat according yo our lows, we can't kill in any other way, the special men that do it, do it with the raiser sharp knife and the movement must be fast and you only do it in 2 motion, so it is very very fast !

This is what I do - I'm still working on the "very very fast" part, but I'm getting better.

OK, I need to go get to work - it's not gonna get done without me! I'm hoping the rain waits long enough for me to mow and get some lumber prepped for the next tractor coop...

- Ant Farm

 

[Pensmaster]

Thanks! I've got some of that in the fridge (was saving it as chicken treats), and will have more when I cull the 12 week old boys next week. 

Ummmmm... I think that would be yes. 

Thanks! Keep the fly control ideas coming, folks! One of today's tasks is to redo the compost bins and cover them with landscape cloth. It needs to be done, but I am NOT looking forward to it. 


Yeah, I'm not so great either. But when it's gotta get done, it's gotta get done. I think I'm posting late and you're already out there in the process of processing - thinking of you. 


Thanks - I like Pop Rocks as well, just not in my neck. :/
It's a lot better this morning, at least so far - which is a huge relief, because I have a lot to do...
Yeah, I learned quickly to not name any cockerel that I wasn't going to use for longer term breeding, and even with names, I essentially consider them to ALL be on probation. I only allow myself to get attached to pullets/hens. (But I also try not to get overly attached in general - though the selfies may imply otherwise. Because a predator may get them, or I may need to cull them, and I am a tender hearted person.)

Nononononononononooooo... Please don't keep an attack rooster around. If you have some of his genes on hand in his babies, then no reason to keep him. (For that matter, watch his sons for similar behavior...)

It's hard to do, but, I promise it's not as hard as processing a cockerel that hasn't attacked you but just isn't in your breeding plans/will have no space to live in your yard, or is being raised for meat. 

That's because we "Woman Up" every day when we wake up. We don't make a big fuss about it, we just do what needs to be done... 


Pensmaster has a good suggestion if you don't have a cone and don't want one - cut the corner out of a feed bag for his head, to help restrain him. try to find a way to suspend it - when they are upside down, they are calmer, making it easier for you to take a minute to do what needs to be done. 

You really should go over to Sally's other thread about Processing for the first time - it's very helpful. Read a lot, watch a lot of videos, etc. to prepare.
This is what I do - I'm still working on the "very very fast" part, but I'm getting better. :/

OK, I need to go get to work - it's not gonna get done without me! I'm hoping the rain waits long enough for me to mow and get some lumber prepped for the next tractor coop...

- Ant Farm 

Be careful of that neck of yours.

 

[BullChick]

We Have to slit the throat according yo our lows, we can't kill in any other way, the special men that do it, do it with the raiser sharp knife and the movement must be fast and you only do it in 2 motion, so it is very very fast ! All of this is to minimize the suffering, I could post sum clips but I understand it is against the BYC rules.

I didn't think so

I didn't think it was? I have seen clips of butchering on here before. Gotta double check.
-Banti

Is it?

EXACTLY good point. Use a knife and cut the veins from the inside of the throat. Have the bird secure in either a bag or a killing cone. They can get out of a cone so watch for that.

Good morning MC. Coffee in five minutes couldn't put it one with this description. And you know my iPad

Well, not personally, but ...

@MotorcycleChick

Morning

 

[Pensmaster]

I didn't think so I hope not Is it? I'll have to edit some pics if so Well, not personally, but ... True