July Hatch-a-Long (including 4th of July hatch-a-long)

[FortCluck]

Yeah I think I’ll avoid using them next time haha

Others have great success with it, but I found it quite wasteful considering it’s hard to find paper towels here still

 

[ShrekDawg]

Others have great success with it, but I found it quite wasteful considering it’s hard to find paper towels here still

Yeah exactly. That’s part of why I didn’t like it aha

 

[FortCluck]

Yeah exactly. That’s part of why I didn’t like it aha

I’m a tree hugger

 

[ShrekDawg]

I’m a tree hugger

I waste so much paper towels and TP as it is

 

[Swiss]

Are they really as easy to process as it looks like?
I watched a video that went from the head off and dipping into hot water stage, to fully cleaned, plucked (rubbed) and ready to cook or freeze in like 3 minutes flat!
Of course we'd need about 4 or 5 per meal, but wow...those looked easy!

SUPER easy! My sister has egg chickens, meat chickens, meat rabbits, and had quail a few months ago. They had their first butchering day a month or so ago and I was there (because my husband says if I want any animals for meat, I have to be willing and able to do it on my own) to acclimatize myself to it. I actually helped my sister with the quail and it was super easy and quick. One of us would hold the body (so they wouldn't fly away) and the other would do the butchering.

After watching them butcher the rabbits, I don't want meat rabbits. But I would 100% love to get some quail!

 

[chickiebaby1]

So I got some EE eggs free from a friend of a friend. They were pretty dirty so I cleaned them with hydrogen peroxide. Just barely brushed them off. They will be ok right? They are beautiful big blue eggs so I am so looking forward to what comes out.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

So I got some EE eggs free from a friend of a friend. They were pretty dirty so I cleaned them with hydrogen peroxide. Just barely brushed them off. They will be ok right? They are beautiful big blue eggs so I am so looking forward to what comes out.

I rinsed my muddy and poopy eggs under warm water and gently rubbed any really icky spots and rinsed some more. Mine hatched no problem.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

SUPER easy! My sister has egg chickens, meat chickens, meat rabbits, and had quail a few months ago. They had their first butchering day a month or so ago and I was there (because my husband says if I want any animals for meat, I have to be willing and able to do it on my own) to acclimatize myself to it. I actually helped my sister with the quail and it was super easy and quick. One of us would hold the body (so they wouldn't fly away) and the other would do the butchering.

After watching them butcher the rabbits, I don't want meat rabbits. But I would 100% love to get some quail!

Thank you!
I've done meat birds at my other farm but had a processor do the whole lot all at once. I've helped with turkeys and have done the occasional chicken or two by myself, and the quail just look sooooooo much easier!

 

[FortCluck]

I rinsed my muddy and poopy eggs under warm water and gently rubbed any really icky spots and rinsed some more. Mine hatched no problem.

I just leave them and never had issues. It’s what they say to do with waterfowl eggs so figure it’s no different for chicken. Mine never get dirty usually even with the feathered feet and leg chickens. My chickens like to keep a clean house lol

 

[kelseyk]

So the eggs I got from eBay left NY Saturday arrived in Indianapolis Saturday evening and are still there according to tracking! That’s kinda frustrating they didn’t move today. I didn’t expect them till Wednesday so it’s not that big of a deal maybe they just needed a rest.

Hopefully it is like my Call Duck eggs and they actually did move and tracking is just off. When I checked tracking on Saturday it said mine were still in Ohio (since the 18th), but they arrived today and all the tracking was finally updated.