Jan./Feb. 2014 hatch a long

[Farmer Viola]

Really guys? I have never candled pointy end down. Interesting. This is the first I've heard of it being done. Will have to look into this.

I just candle inside the incubator so it never gets turned on it's side (for detached only)

if they are undamaged I have been known to turn them sideways.... :-X

but keeping them upright might always be "best" I don't know

 

[chickydee64]

HI,
Just a quick check in.....another Orp pipping........
I'll get pic; tomorrow....cannot wait for you to see the first one out.............
A blrw roo over an EE hen..................the chick is so ugly it is cute...............

Can't name the color................it has about everything............little muffs......oh I hope it is a girl

Think I will have more in the morning..happy women here.....................

 

[dolfi]

Im new to the eating chicken I raise, but from what I have read you need to allow them to rest for a few days before cooking.. I know with our rabbits we tested 3,4 and 5 days and the five days was the best, most tender. They usually are four months when we cull them. Got 7 going out this month and our best momma due next week to birth more, she usually gives 7-9 kits
We have a spare refrigerator that we plug in just for this...got  seven 4 month old roosters and two old hens were culling at the end of the month

I'm also raising rabbits. But it seems like a slow process. My 3 months old are too little to even find any meat on

https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/21/meat-birds-etc







This is where I read when I want to know about raising birds for meat

Thank you so much. Will look into it

Really guys?  I have never candled pointy end down.  Interesting.  This is the first I've heard of it being done.   Will have to look into this. 

I had read that you couldn't turn the eggs upside down. So I candle from the top. It has worked for me.

 

[rayray983]

I've been wanting to raise rabbits for meat but that would be a whole new ball game for me wouldnt know what breed to get for it

 

[rayray983]

And I'm on day 15 of my first time incubating and swore I heard a chirp in my incubator then after checking every egg franticly cause I know its way to early one of my cockatiels made the chirping noise like a chick guess I've watched to many YouTube videos of chicks hatching if my other birds are copying them also another question I'm doing website from my phone how do you qoute someone on here?

 

[DeannaA]

Haha I know I will be in the minority when I say this here.... but I also raise a flock of meat birds yearly... so a lot of exposure to slaughter and butchering my own meat, has really changed the way I view my egg laying flock.

I ALWAYS try to sell the extras, but I love eating meat that I know was fed organic grain, raised properly (saw the sun! ate worms and grass! rolled in dirt!), and were given lots of love. MMMM! delicious.

I would eat chicken from my backyard over the grocery store any day. if you have ever watched videos of the conditions those birds are kept in.... you will never go back to eating it. or I won't..... giving them money is like giving them money to treat birds bad.

I also raise my own pork, beef

pasture raised! no hormones! no funny business!
*end soapbox*

I just got done boiling 2 birds with veggies and I made 4 gallons of homemade chicken broth, my house smells soooooo good right now

I respect people that can butcher their own meat but I just can't. My friend has just started. I could eat it just can't kill it myself.

the buff dundottes have little white spots
the pure white are "African whites"
I had a gorgeous Lavender boy named "Prince" you remember the story

I really hope I can get my hands on some of the sky blue eggs!!!

They are not white. They are cream with very pale tan on the edges of their wings. No lines or dots. I've looked at all of the colors and Buff is the only one they look similar to.

X2 I also do a yearly batch of meat birds. I have a tall refrigerator sized upright freezer FULL of chicken and turkey, I also raise turkeys. They are all my "pets" and I love them all dearly but some are for meat including all the extra roosters I don't rehome. I do not and have not bought grocery store chicken or turkey for the past 17months or so. Im still a newbie lol

We may raise a pig this year for meat or possible barter with a neighbor down the road for one of their pigs full grown and slaughtered.

One day "wishful thinking" we will raise cows, I want a milking cow DH wants a beef cow. For now we settle for the goats.

Next year we start raising honey bees YAY!

My brother is building me bee hives. He teaches people how to build bee hives in California. I can't wait.

I get concerned cause of the lack of knowledge. I don't deworme or vacillate. So I feel uneasy if they are not healthy enough. And I don't know when I can get the soft chicken meat. One time my mother in law cooked one of my roo and the meat had to be cooked in a pressure pot.

If someone can help on this

1 . which breeds are good for meat
2 . what age meat is soft to eat

And so on.

This information would be so highly appreciated

I have been helping my friend find breeds. Sulmtalers and Bresse I have heard from a few people taste great. I have heard Bielfelders are a great dual purpose but I don't know anyone that has eaten one. I have Sulmtaler and Bresse hens and 3 pair of Bielfelders. I am going to give some to my friend so she can try them when I finally get eggs.

 

[DeannaA]

Max and I watched American Idol.

Max taking his seat getting ready for the show.


Max enjoys watching the singing butour favorite part...


Harry

 

[klj491]

So... I may be hatching ducks but chicken math is starting to set in already... I've got 8 khaki Campbell eggs coming in the mail friday. I just made an appointment with a lady about 45 minutes from here to pick up 2 dozen eggs tomorrow... Now granted, 9 of those will be eating (she had already washed them, so I guess they're not suitable for hatching now?) but that's still 15 more eggs going in the incubator. And I may be picking up another dozen khaki Campbell eggs on Friday from a local seller but I'm not 100% sure yet. It's a 2.5 hour drive each way, so if she's not willing to meet me halfway I may just say screw it for now.

 

[AmericanMom]

I've been wanting to raise rabbits for meat but that would be a whole new ball game for me wouldnt know what breed to get for it

Calif/ New Zealand's... is what we have...Two males one female (got two more females but they have a few more months before they are ready to mate)... And really, they take no longer to grow out then waiting for a hen to lay LOL.. The last batch we butchered dressed out at almost 6 pounds!!! They were 5 months old when butchered.. They do go through a bit more feed but I try and supplement with Valley grass, fresh fruit and vegies , once more great neighbors come in handy, and most of that meat is in there backsides...

 

[AmericanMom]

You're almost young enough to be my youngin. Actually, if I had started a few years earlier, you could be, I have a 40 year old daughter. Oh to be 40 again. Enjoy it, it's a great age.

LOL, now if only my body would get that message!!!