New Jersey

[cstronks]

Looking to buy or adopt good laying hens or pullets that are near maturity. I have five chickens now but I just built a new massive coop and really want to expand my flock. Please PM me if you or somebody you know of has laying hens. I am willing to drive throughout a majority of the state to get them. Thanks!

 

[Rothgardens]

I want to give this rode island red rooster away FREE! If anyone is interested let me know! Located in Ocean County, Bayville. He is 5 months old.

 

[French Hen]

Hello NJ,
I'm in Ocean County
Anyone know someone around here that processes meat birds or spare roos? I don't want to do it myself ... at least not the first couple times. I don't have meat birds yet but spare layer roos that are growing out.
Anyone around here caponize their roos?
Anyone around here show their birds? And HELLO to everyone here in the gorgeous garden state

 

[luvmypets]

Anyone interested in a drake we have a few for sale/rehoming.

 

[KristineY]

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Not sure where you are in Ocean County, but we take our roos to Godek's Farm (Abattoir) in Morganville, NJ (On Rt. 79, not far off Rt. 18). It's about 35 minutes from us (we are in Howell on the Brick border). They charge $2.00 a bird. I hand them off and then wait in the car (I don't need to hear). It takes about 10 minutes and they bring them back out to you in plastic bags or whatever you give them to use. A few pin feathers left here and there, but we have been pleased so far (I'm sure better than we would do).

If you take them somewhere to process, I would suggest you bring a cooler with ice water and immediately put the bags in that water for the ride home. The first time we did, the skin turned a bit dark and got taught (I presume from residual body heat in transit). After that, we did the ice water bath and by the time we get home they are cold and the skin is light and supple.

 

[French Hen]

Sounds perfect. I don't know that I'm up to the work of plucking and gutting and slaughtering. I just spent time splinting a little rooster day old that hatched here (sex linked Legbar) because he had splay legs and I was so proud of him for recovering... and yet I know we can't keep him for laying...

 

[KristineY]

You sound like me!! I "saved" a chick that a broody hatched, attacked and threw out of the nest and after nursing its gaping wound and bringing it back from the brink, as it grew and started to show barring, I was convinced (and heartbroken) it was a roo... but luck have it, it's a little girl!

 

[French Hen]

You sound like me!!  I "saved" a chick that a broody hatched, attacked and threw out of the nest and after nursing its gaping wound and bringing it back from the brink, as it grew and started to show barring, I was convinced (and heartbroken) it was a roo... but luck have it, it's a little girl! 

yay!! That's a very happy ending to the story

 

[sourland]

If you go to the Warren Co fair, go to the Stewartsville Grange stand and have a piece of pie. They have about 15 different kinds of pie, and they are awesome. I had a wineberry/peach/crumb pie.

The Princess had a Peach Chiffon pie that she said was great.

 

[French Hen]

Oh oh oh!!! I love pie. Any pie is my favorite food in the world