NY chicken lover!!!!

[Devona]

They may be big enough now.. Arent they inside something - like a coop ? or can they could all go in together inside the building chick is in ?

They're in their new coop, gramma. But it is EXTREMELY well ventilated

. I had hung a couple of plastic tablecloth and such, around three sides to block wind, , but since they're just hanging there from the top, it's pretty loose and flappy. I suppose I could try to pin them down somehow

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[Chicken girl 15]

WHAT IS THIS STUFF FALLING ON MY HILL!?!? This is insane. Mother Nature waits until April to give us a good NY snow? It's a good thing plastic pallets make good garden box covers.

Hope it warms back up before @Susieq2015calls me to pick up chicks. Or else hubby might get a bit mad at me keeping them in the house. Sucks to be him, I'm not putting them in the coop brooder until I get out there without walking through snow.

 

[Purpletie3]

that will be an excellent school day breakfast. Prep the night before then bake in the morning. Never a boring one either, change toppings daily. Yum thanks for posting that.

We made sloppy joe the other night and put it over a baked potato- YUM! We make our own sauce similar to the one the pioneer woman has online and it is so good!

 

[tao chick]

@Beer can I know we've talked about the JGs before here, but I can't seem to remember... I'm trying to figure out a way to hatch and pasture meat birds, but hatching eggs for Cornish Xs are more expensive than getting chicks, and I've read that they don't reproduce well if you raise them up. You've complimented the JGs. So, how much do they dress out to when you butcher them? How old are they when you get the most bang for your buck? Do they forage well?

Someone here caponizes too... Should I bother looking into this on a small scale (5-10 birds every few months)?

I'm aiming for sustainability and self-sufficiency without spending too much. The Brabanters and Pavlovskaya are egg/ornamental and I don't imagine they'll produce much meat. I hatched some Brahmas, and while they were very friendly and mellow, they also ate a lot, were messy, and took a long time to grow to full size. I sold them at 6 months- before they made it to full size. I have some mixed breeds that would possible grow out well, but I want to know what to add to the group to get meat quality and amount in a short time on pasture and meat bird feed. An auto-sexing trait would help, so I've considered some of those breeds too. Marquisella was an advocate of Sussex for meat. I could consider them too. My signature has the breeds I currently have, and I'm hatching more now that I have a fridge incubator and aquarium hatcher process working.

 

[Chicken girl 15]

We made sloppy joe the other night and put it over a baked potato- YUM!  We make our own sauce similar to the one the pioneer woman has online and it is so good!

chili over baked potatoes is good too.

 

[Chicken girl 15]

@Beer can
 I know we've talked about the JGs before here, but I can't seem to remember... I'm trying to figure out a way to hatch and pasture meat birds, but hatching eggs for Cornish Xs are more expensive than getting chicks, and I've read that they don't reproduce well if you raise them up.  You've complimented the JGs. So, how much do they dress out to when you butcher them?  How old are they when you get the most bang for your buck?  Do they forage well?

Someone here caponizes too... Should I bother looking into this on a small scale (5-10 birds every few months)?

I'm aiming for sustainability and self-sufficiency without spending too much.  The Brabanters and Pavlovskaya are egg/ornamental and I don't imagine they'll produce much meat.  I hatched some Brahmas, and while they were very friendly and mellow, they also ate a lot, were messy, and took a long time to grow to full size.  I sold them at 6 months- before they made it to full size.  I have some mixed breeds that would possible grow out well, but I want to know what to add to the group to get meat quality and amount in a short time on pasture and meat bird feed.  An auto-sexing trait would help, so I've considered some of those breeds too.  Marquisella was an advocate of Sussex for meat.  I could consider them too.  My signature has the breeds I currently have, and I'm hatching more now that I have a fridge incubator and aquarium hatcher process working.

I haven't processed any yet but my australorp girls got big fast. I now have an orpington boy to mate with them. If you want I can keep you posted on that project. I need a sustainable meat bird as well.

 

[rancher hicks]

huh?

 

[horsekeeper]

We made sloppy joe the other night and put it over a baked potato- YUM! We make our own sauce similar to the one the pioneer woman has online and it is so good!

Sloppy Joe Stuffed Peppers is good, too. Throw in a little cooked rice to add bulk and cook like you would usually do stuffed peppers, but without additional sauce. Throw on a little mozzarella just before taking out of the oven. Easy to freeze in a lunch baggie and microwave for a quick lunch or part of dinner.

 

[Chicken girl 15]

huh?

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[tao chick]

I haven't processed any yet but my australorp girls got big fast. I now have an orpington boy to mate with them. If you want I can keep you posted on that project. I need a sustainable meat bird as well.

I have mixed birds with Orpington, Rock, EE, and some other mix. They grow well and seem to be a good combo. I was considering adding cornish to the mix like @Devona 's Chick, but I'm not confident in the idea yet. If my SIL ends up with a hen in her group of meat chicks I may ask her for it.