I'm not in any rush - we're moving the peas to the "big pea pen" after the 1st of the year - we have a divider fence to put up so they can get used to the older peas before we run them all together.
LOL @ they would starve to death. Well, yea, that's truth. I have to make sure all of the feathers are off of the bird.Hi everyone I am Sulphur, near Lake Charles. Just wanted to say hello!!!
and to La-yers !
If anyone was waiting on you for dinner, THEY would starve to death, too ! That's because you are a PERFECTIONIST !! LOL
Hold onto your britches, DH is making me one for under $100 plus a recycled clothes dryer and some odds and ends he has laying around his shop! You know all those ducks I will be processing in Jan. or Feb. along with those meat birds, I'm raising? He hates processing poultry!Are pluckers expensive? Because I'm cheap.
Lucky you !!! I love pecans. You must be a real good girl for Santa to visit so early !Oh my goodness! Some wonderful person just gave me a quart of candied pecans!
I can't wait to see your new plucker. Lucky you.!!!!
Baby chickens for sale, day old to 3 week old - Dark Rhode Island Reds, Buff Orpingtons, Lavender Orpingtons, and Black Copper Marans. Call 337-296-6021 His name is Tim and he lives behind Breaux Bridge High School. If you are looking for some beautiful chicks, give him a call and tell him that Garilyn told you to contact him please, I will definitely buy from Tim when I am ready to get my chicks, well worth the drive if you are anywhere near us! Such a very nice man to put up with me holding his babies for over 2 hours, lol!
I would but I have 6 dogs in the house already. My inlaws live with us also. My mother in law would probaly have a fit. No where else to keep them. I want some new breeds. Maybe January or February. I can get some
Something I noticed today, a dark feathered turkey has dark pin feathers,so they take much longer to process, but dark feathered chickens pluck as clean as light feathered chickens. I was thinking again, cause an owl killed 2 of my chickens very early this morning, but didn't get to take either one, cause my 2 dogs were on duty and ran it off before it could do anything after the kill. I hope they got a good bite out of that old owl, before they got rid of him! It punctured the neck of the cockerel and the pullet, but hit the pullet with enough force to break several ribs, the shoulder and tare some skin and meat off the breast. My dogs are just starting to understand that any bird that is a stranger and comes out of the sky, is not welcome. Only thing is the egrets around here are not a problem, but get chased too! Just till they land off the property line, and then the dogs leave them alone. Even without fences up they know where the property ends! Everybody got fried chicken for supper tonight. Hand plucking just one or two isn't bad, it's the 10 or 20 or 50 that gets me! Just make sure your scaling water is 150 degrees, and gunk them until the wing and tail feathers pull out easily and the rest of the feathers go really fast. I agree with you, all the feathers have to be off the bird or it not plucked, right!!!LOL @ they would starve to death. Well, yea, that's truth. I have to make sure all of the feathers are off of the bird.
I can't wait to see your new plucker. Lucky you.!!!!
LOL @ they would starve to death. Well, yea, that's truth. I have to make sure all of the feathers are off of the bird.
I can't wait to see your new plucker. Lucky you.!!!!
Something I noticed today, a dark feathered turkey has dark pin feathers,so they take much longer to process, but dark feathered chickens pluck as clean as light feathered chickens. I was thinking again, cause an owl killed 2 of my chickens very early this morning, but didn't get to take either one, cause my 2 dogs were on duty and ran it off before it could do anything after the kill. I hope they got a good bite out of that old owl, before they got rid of him! It punctured the neck of the cockerel and the pullet, but hit the pullet with enough force to break several ribs, the shoulder and tare some skin and meat off the breast. My dogs are just starting to understand that any bird that is a stranger and comes out of the sky, is not welcome. Only thing is the egrets around here are not a problem, but get chased too! Just till they land off the property line, and then the dogs leave them alone. Even without fences up they know where the property ends! Everybody got fried chicken for supper tonight. Hand plucking just one or two isn't bad, it's the 10 or 20 or 50 that gets me! Just make sure your scaling water is 150 degrees, and gunk them until the wing and tail feathers pull out easily and the rest of the feathers go really fast. I agree with you, all the feathers have to be off the bird or it not plucked, right!!!
If I hear another bell ringing, I'm going to rip my eyes out and throw them up against the wall like marbles.
