INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[atrueb00]

For all of you who have goats out there, don't you want to try this?

 

[browncow15]

The number had to be picked by a non-egg eater like my SIL.  She told us she can't see why anyone would need to buy 2 dozen eggs at once. 


Somewhere on here there is a posting from way back when of the government recommending every household have chickens.  It said so many per person in the family.  I think it was 2-3.  I'll see if I can find it.  It had the traditional Uncle Sam on it.

Hahaha I just used 6 eggs to make my sons birthday cake!! we go through spells where we don't eat as many especially when I don't do much baking but I've had so much demand from hubby's coworkers our extra disappear quickly!

 

[pginsber]

Made my first chicken roast from our own chickens, if only the veggies could have been from our yard instead of Kroger's, then it would have been perfect.

Uhm--WOW--this pair of images is thought provoking. You can't trick me though--the skin on the cooked chicken is white...

Yes, too bad about the veggies!

 

[LonelyPageTurne]

If you are wondering why the number of birds is six is because there are those that say if they are allowed 6 than they probably get by with 8.  Next year they say I got by with 8 maybe I will try 12.  This goes on until the flock grows to 22and somebody complains and you are forced again into the situation that you are in now.  Everyone knows that it was because that SOB down the road can[t keep his dog up.
I am sorry for you but I think you are going about it the wrong way.  I hope you can work something out that everyone can live with.

How should I go about it? And that doesn't answer why 6 at all. Of course people will try to keep more. That's why I think an arbitrary number is stupid. Especially considering what perdue does. I think the laws of indianapolis are great and I have no idea why lawrence doesn't just follow them.

 

[Pinkaboo]

Uhm--WOW--this pair of images is thought provoking.  You can't trick me though--the skin on the cooked chicken is white...
Yes, too bad about the veggies!

I couldn't eat my own chickens, no idea what I'm going to do with my cockerels!!

 

[atrueb00]

Uhm--WOW--this pair of images is thought provoking. You can't trick me though--the skin on the cooked chicken is white...

Yes, too bad about the veggies!

Thanks! When my DH and cousin butchered the cornish x, they skinned them instead of plucking out all those feathers. Next year my cousin said he wanted to build a homemade whizbang chicken plucker so we can leave the skin on. Will make for a much nicer looking roast!

 

[Leahs Mom]

3 Weeks Now...







Black 1




Black 2








This little brown kiddo has eyes that are shaped very different from the blacks. They almost remind me of reptile eyes.

 

[atrueb00]

I couldn't eat my own chickens, no idea what I'm going to do with my cockerels!!

I am a vegetarian, so I just make the food for family but don't eat it. I can understand where you are coming from, I wouldn't ever want to eat my silkies as they are pets. I guess I think it is better to raise them knowing they are well cared for, butcher the chickens and enjoy all of them (I am using everything from the birds but the heads, feet, blood and skin/feathers) than to buy it at a store already processed. The cornish x were with us for only 7 weeks, grew very quickly and didn't have the personalities that our silkies have so it was easier to tell myself not to get attached. I thought I'd be sad the day they were killed, but it wasn't that bad at all. I got to learn how to butcher all the parts and got to feed my DH, 4 cousins and parents for a few weeks.

 

[amwchickin]

Max Stout welcome! I am in Crystal! So probably pretty close to you.

 

[Pinkaboo]

I am a vegetarian, so I just make the food for family but don't eat it. I can understand where you are coming from, I wouldn't ever want to eat my silkies as they are pets. I guess I think it is better to raise them knowing they are well cared for, butcher the chickens and enjoy all of them (I am using everything from the birds but the heads, feet, blood and skin/feathers) than to buy it at a store already processed. The cornish x were with us for only 7 weeks, grew very quickly and didn't have the personalities that our silkies have so it was easier to tell myself not to get attached. I thought I'd be sad the day they were killed, but it wasn't that bad at all. I got to learn how to butcher all the parts and got to feed my DH, 4 cousins and parents for a few weeks.

It must be great to be able to do that, they have been bred for meat, I guess I was so excited at having animals of any kind I've totally spoilt them, they love to cuddle up and are very friendly,
I think of them as pets but I know I can't keep the cockerels which as a worry as my favourite and friendliest chicken is looking a bit cockerally
I'm not sure if it should be easier or harder being a vegetarian to kill them!?