NY chicken lover!!!!

[rancher hicks]

Ancona Ducks. I do love my ducks!
I was just reading about Ancona's. Sound like keepers!

Just gave the two ducklings I had to Trylin. More than I can handle right now.

Brooder is full of over 25 chicks now. A couple of Lavs orps and buffs and lord only knows what else. Some are EE's but being they are black as are others I can't tell yet. Plus some Dels of course.

 

[rancher hicks]

Just rec'd a call from local hardware store our plucker has arrived

... Well I guess I know what I am doing tomorrow.

I have too many roos. The silver laced cochin is climbing into the nest boxes to mess with the broody silkies. So he might be first!

I have to figure out what I am going to use as a scalder first, and get some heavy duty gloves!

If I hadn't sold the other two BR' roos I'd have one for you. I take a stick with me when I go out to collect eggs. That SOG , might meet his end on the end of my foot. I've never had a roo like him before. He's really beautiful but protective of the girls and the coop. I'll just have to deal with him.

 

[rancher hicks]

Firstr the Boy and then the Goats....Handsome.

Nothing was left....not a feather. We NEVER found out what happened.

Well if they were show might have been two legged predators. The PP mag mentioned show chickens being stolen and I recall Kathinmo had a rooster stolen. You never know these days.

 

[rancher hicks]

I use my canner. And latex gloves. Now my experience is with roos that were already contained in a box. Personally I think this is the only way to go....go in the coop after dark and box up the "next candidates".....then you can just reach in and grab them .....and hold tight to their feet....(that's always my job, holding the feet while they expire and maaan....it takes longer than you think)

How do you do them in? I did a hen once but putting a stick across her neck and yanking up. Not fun.

 

[rancher hicks]

We bought a GMC envoy to downsize from a Ford 250 (gas prices) because we had a buyer for the truck. Finally got the paper work done on the envoy and called the kid buying the truck so we could deliver it to him. He said he didn't want it anymore because it took too long (he had to ride the school bus for a week). It has only been a week since he looked at it. Now we have an additional vehicle payment.

Can't say I blame you. Next time get a deposit I think?

 

[queenchick16]

Just use the smiley face as your like button

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On Facebook, if you like something someone posts, they have a handy little "like" button consisting of a thumbs-up icon. I'd be all over one of those here.

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

Tab--thats terrible. I hope you can find another buyer for the truck.

I cant imagine coming home to an empty coop. That would just kill me. Ugh, silkie girls layed in the coop again today. Little Man joined in the egg song and that made me laugh hysterically. His attempts were pathetic at best but I guess he was just giving his girls the support he felt they needed. I wonder if he knows how rediculous he sounds!

My big girls were very noisy this am so I had to go out and throw them some broccoli to shut them up. Spoiled divas. I think they were mad cause I was leaving and they wanted out.

It never ends does it? Off to check on the bator before bed. Have a good evening!

 

[Henicillin]

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Well if they were show might have been two legged predators. The PP mag mentioned show chickens being stolen and I recall Kathinmo had a rooster stolen. You never know these days.

This is true. When the husband and I went to that beekeeping class a couple of months ago, there was a guy there who had an entire beehive stolen one night, bees and all.

 

[Cass]

How do you do them in? I did a hen once but putting a stick across her neck and yanking up. Not fun.

I have a home made "killing cone" (which it turns out isn't long enough) and then I hold their bound legs and Ray cuts the artery ....IF my killing cone was large enough it would be a one person operation, but since it isn't...it takes two....and I swear he made it too small so I wouldn't be able to walk away and leave him to do it himself. We don't have a really sharp knife, since we can't find his fish knife so the best thing we have found is a single edged razor blade in a gloved hand. One cut and hold on til they expire. *note to self: rebuild killing cone to accomodate the size roos I grow*

This last one I did, I was Pis#%* OFF at and he just got the axe....however that was a two person operation too, cuz I still had to hold him while Ray did the deed. (And then resharpen the hatchet...darn neck bones)


Edited to add: There is no "fun" way to do it....it's a mindset, I think. Some I saw as a meal, the last one I saw as a problem solved. I have to eat and I can't spend my life looking over my shoulder waiting for the next attack. Personally I think it would be easier to kill and eat someone else's roosters. I propose a Stew Rooster swap, so you are not emotionally attatched to your meal.

 

[vmdanielsen]

Empty? That is terrible. Animal or human predator?

On a positive note (to start the weekend), here is a pic of my son with the neighbors twin baby goats!!

good looking kids!! All of them!