"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[kuntrygirl]

Awww sorry to hear, I'm Lil late and I'm not Kuntry lol but at this point, through rigor and the heart not being able to pump it out of a cut as when processing as you planned, after it is skinned or plucked and cleaned out I would massage the meat thoroughly while rinsing. If the blood pooled and couagulated* you'll see small areas that look bruised. Rest it and freeze right away or cook. The excess blood can effect length of preservation but by no means makes it bad unless there was a severe mishandling of safety (left out on counter overnight could be bad). I wouldn't worry much about it if its for your own table, you know basic handling and to keep cool. The bruising if you don't like it can be massaged out often too.

Help kuntrygirl found two meaties who couldn't handle heat how can I remove blood?

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[kuntrygirl]

Anyone else's egg production decreased? I have 5 laying hens and MAY get one egg. There were a couple days I didn't get any!

Nope. Mine hasn't.

 

[mschicklady]

Thanks for the info but I don't believe they are molting being that the oldest ones I have are 1.5 and I don't believe the eggs are being eaten because there are no signs of it. Also I am checking the boxes several times a day for that very possibility. I was getting almost a dozen eggs a week then all of a sudden very little. Not even a half a dozen in the past 5 days. I thought maybe something was stressing them so I began keeping a closer watch along with adding ACV but still no progress or lead on why production has gotten so low.

 

[mschicklady]

Quotes to reply on above post.

Egg production can decrees when. They start molting,when they are older over 2 1/2 years. When they have had a predator attack especially if a flock member was maimed or killed. Sometimes around August when the heat is oppressive.

Any chance you have someone eating the eggs before you can get to them?

 

[Angelicisi]

An artificial boob dispenser! Holy crap! KUNTRY!? You NEED this dog!

 

[PandBPullets]

I have a question. I am currently in the process of building my coop. 8ft x 3 1/2ft x 4ft high. The roof is covered and currently the back and two side are completly enclosed. i was going to do the front in poultry wire, so the air could circulate in there. Like i said before, i am COMPLETELY NEW to chickens lol. my only problem, even tough it is wy early to worry about this, is the winter. With the front open to the elements, would the chickens get too cold in there, or am i worrying a little too much???

 

[Angelicisi]

You're gonna LOVE chickens!
They fair better in the winters than brutal summers. Give the coop plenty of ventilation (heat rises so it be hotter in top area where roosts are if there's no way for air to escape (warmer in winter too tho.)
I have open air coops. Open on 3 sides, sometimes 4. I use tarps in the winter to block wind (drafts are more dangerous than cold alone) I staple shower curtains to 3 sides in winter to help prevent drafts and keep them toasty. Worked really well through this last winter and this last one was a doozy!!

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I'd recommend hardware cloth and not chicken wire for safety from predators. I personally use a plastic coated one inch square garden wire I had excess of, stronger than chicken wire but not as strong as hardware cloth to keep predators out. But we are constantly armed and on guard against predators. Would be less if hardware cloth was used lol. I also use chicken wire on temporary fences and to keep chickens OUT, not in. By wrapping fruit trees, berry bushes etc. So use hardware cloth where you can if predators are bad.

Worry mire about heat. Put out pans of cold water with bricks in them for the chooks to have somethin cool to sit on. Freeze 2 liter bottles and milk jugs of water and place in coop, where they rest, in the shade so they can lean or stand near the coolness. Shade...shade and ice. We always just keep making ice, even if we have tons and we always need mire come August.

I have a question. I am currently in the process of building my coop. 8ft x 3 1/2ft x 4ft high. The roof is covered and currently the back and two side are completly enclosed. i was going to do the front in poultry wire, so the air could circulate in there. Like i said before, i am COMPLETELY NEW to chickens lol. my only problem, even tough it is wy early to worry about this, is the winter. With the front open to the elements, would the chickens get too cold in there, or am i worrying a little too much???

 

[forgetful]

I second worrying more about heat. My coops are open on three sides, and one on three and a half sides. I try to keep it as cool as possible. Even this winter I didn't add anything, and everyone was fine, just snugly on the coldest days. As long as the wind and rain is off of them they're okay in south Louisiana.

 

[topdog24]

Thanks for the info but I don't believe they are molting being that the oldest ones I have are 1.5 and I don't believe the eggs are being eaten because there are no signs of it. Also I am checking the boxes several times a day for that very possibility. I was getting almost a dozen eggs a week then all of a sudden very little. Not even a half a dozen in the past 5 days. I thought maybe something was stressing them so I began keeping a closer watch along with adding ACV but still no progress or lead on why production has gotten so low.

It could be just heat stress, they may return to normal after getting adjusted to these hotter days and nights, i hope it gets straightened out for you soon

 

[Ron Skekel]

Thanks for the info but I don't believe they are molting being that the oldest ones I have are 1.5 and I don't believe the eggs are being eaten because there are no signs of it. Also I am checking the boxes several times a day for that very possibility. I was getting almost a dozen eggs a week then all of a sudden very little. Not even a half a dozen in the past 5 days. I thought maybe something was stressing them so I began keeping a closer watch along with adding ACV but still no progress or lead on why production has gotten so low.

they are hiding there eggs if none of the other things I mentioned are happing.