North Idaho / Eastern Washington

[country lovin]

Chick 3 and 1 are boys then. Chick 2 is a girl. Though chick 3 is unique looking.

that's what I was thinking but chick 3 had me second guessing the "spot" is less than 1/16" diameter.

 

[CGilbert]

@Saris

So, I was going to bring my sick chicken inside to monitor her, but I went out and she's up, walking around like nothing happened.

 

[CGilbert]

@Saris

So, I was going to bring my sick chicken inside to monitor her, but I went out and she's up, walking around like nothing happened.

 

[Saris]

@Saris

So, I was going to bring my sick chicken inside to monitor her, but I went out and she's up, walking around like nothing happened.

That's awesome. Maybe she was just being a drama queen until you paid her special attention.

 

[Hawk12]

That's awesome. Maybe she was just being a drama queen until you paid her special attention.

X2

 

[firedragon1982]

Ugh, so I just processed 2 of the big boys. I definitely need a plucker of some sort, even just the one you use a drill for. My mobile burner decided it didn't want to stay hot... so something is up with that, and they didn't scald properly. So the first one I just skinned, the other was able to mostly scald, but the wing feathers wouldn't come out, so just cut them off because I was so tired of fighting with him. The 3rd I was going to butcher got a reprieve because I was just so cold and tired from fighting with the other 2. Maybe another weekend.

AND! We got our first true blue egg!! From our Sickie-darling!



The green is from Snowball. So pretty!

 

[Saris]

I just successfully tube fed my rooster. Hooray!

 

[firedragon1982]

I think I'm going to ask my husband for one of these for my birthday:

http://www.amazon.com/Yardbird-2183...id=1459034361&sr=8-5&keywords=chicken+plucker

I like the fact that the bin is removeable for cleaning. and the fact that it comes on wheels already...

 

[WPFarmstead]

Butchered my extra gander yesterday. He'll be Easter dinner tomorrow. Turns out, my tabletop plucker has legs, but can't handle the weight of a goose. I ended up hand-plucking him,but I got a good scald so it turned out pretty good. The wings didn't get scalded as well as I would have preferred, so I ended up citing them off. But with only two of us eating, it's no big loss.

 

[CGilbert]

Ugh, so I just processed 2 of the big boys. I definitely need a plucker of some sort, even just the one you use a drill for. My mobile burner decided it didn't want to stay hot... so something is up with that, and they didn't scald properly. So the first one I just skinned, the other was able to mostly scald, but the wing feathers wouldn't come out, so just cut them off because I was so tired of fighting with him. The 3rd I was going to butcher got a reprieve because I was just so cold and tired from fighting with the other 2. Maybe another weekend. AND! We got our first true blue egg!! From our Sickie-darling! The green is from Snowball. So pretty!

Very pretty! And is that one of those egg skelters?