"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[Cody A]

Hey, the coop looks good Lakones.

Well done on your carpentry. It will be a nice amount of space for the # of birds you plan to house.

 

[Cody A]

Pam, have you been keeping up with the Biele thread? jbkirk found a German SOP on them. I can't make heads or tails out of it translated but there is a pic. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/727364/a-bielefelder-thread/1780#post_15416689

 

[Ron Skekel]

Pam, have you been keeping up with the Biele thread? jbkirk found a German SOP on them. I can't make heads or tails out of it translated but there is a pic. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/727364/a-bielefelder-thread/1780#post_15416689

If you find somone that speaks the langague you find out google translation doesn't translate very well. I will look though. Pam

 

[LemonMeringue]

I haven't had a lot of time to work on the new coop, but I did get out there today. I need one more day and it will be ready for paint, wire and chickens!! Below are a couple of pics, but it's kinda hard to tell what the layout is. Basically it is a 12'x24' building that we had a ton of junk in! I cleaned it out and framed a wall down the middle length ways so that there were two 6'x24' sections. The the one on the right I divided into four coops and also added one at the rear on the left side. I have built the nesting boxes and droppings boards along with a couple of shelves for supplies, but I am painting them separately and will install later. Two windows are installed on the right side and I have two more to install on the left and one on the back wall, but I have to wait for hubby's help with those. Each coop will have an exit door thru the wall to a 10'x30' run. I don't plan on running more than 10 birds in each so 36 sq ft inside and 300 sq ft outside should be good.

Great conversion.

 

[LemonMeringue]

This big girl is only about 25 weeks. She is a pretty chilled out girl and has just started laying a couple of days ago. Yay! She is so funny to watch walk because of her already big fanny.

I've always loved her eyes. So cool.

 

[lakones]

I cooked one of the CX cockerels yesterday evening. I usually do two dual purpose at a time in this roaster or a 20+ pound turkey.

I thought the bird had more flavor than a commercial raised but hard to tell. My family thought it was delicious and really liked it. The last few weeks I fed them grains and a lot of corn. These birds had tons of fat on them. I think I like the dual purpose birds better but I like more dark meat than white. It was still quite tasty though. I would raise these birds again. They really fill up the freezer. I was able to squeeze most of them into the regular size shrink wrap bags but a few needed turkey size bags.

That looks YUMMY!!!!

 

[LindaB220]

I cooked one of the CX cockerels yesterday evening. I usually do two dual purpose at a time in this roaster or a 20+ pound turkey. I thought the bird had more flavor than a commercial raised but hard to tell. My family thought it was delicious and really liked it. The last few weeks I fed them grains and a lot of corn. These birds had tons of fat on them. I think I like the dual purpose birds better but I like more dark meat than white. It was still quite tasty though. I would raise these birds again. They really fill up the freezer. I was able to squeeze most of them into the regular size shrink wrap bags but a few needed turkey size bags.

Kudos!!! It looks fantastic. Filled that pan right up. Ha. Filling the freezer is what it's all about. I bought . A pressure canner the other day for veggies, but I read this great book. " I Can Can Chicken". It was so good that I bought the others in her set. Canning beef, beans and relishes. I don't have my freezer yet so will stock up on pantry meeats

 

[LindaB220]

Hi Linda,
I received the capon tools today thank you very much. Now to start learning. I'll let you know how things go. Did you ever do it successfully capon any roo. I do plan on learning post mortum. Pam

I only had one and it is one of those things you must practice on the dead birds first. Page 109 will get you good pictures on " My day of learning to caponize" thread. The very best.

 

[campingshaws]

Oh! I've been meaning to tell you guys this: because my camp kitchen is inspected by DHH, I have to use food from "approved" (ie: inspected) sources. So no yard eggs for the camp, at least not this year.

I found a company that I can order through my food truck company that has "cage free" and "certified humane" grade AA eggs for only about $4 more per 15 dozen (my usual order) than the regular kind.

Now I know that "cage free" and "certified humane" don't mean "spoiled and happy." I know it can just mean they're crammed into a warehouse without cages. It's just the best I can do, for now. But look at these yolks!

So I know they're not as happy as my own hens, but the eggs were very fresh and delicious.

 

[Ron Skekel]

Oh! I've been meaning to tell you guys this: because my camp kitchen is inspected by DHH, I have to use food from "approved" (ie: inspected) sources. So no yard eggs for the camp, at least not this year.

I found a company that I can order through my food truck company that has "cage free" and "certified humane" grade AA eggs for only about $4 more per 15 dozen (my usual order) than the regular kind.

Now I know that "cage free" and "certified humane" don't mean "spoiled and happy." I know it can just mean they're crammed into a warehouse without cages. It's just the best I can do, for now. But look at these yolks!

So I know they're not as happy as my own hens, but the eggs were very fresh and delicious.

I think the darker orange yolks are a sign that the hens that lay them have been outside in the sun. Good old vitamin D makes the yolks orange. Pam