NY chicken lover!!!!

[stonykill]

Are you sure you want to eat something you have no clue why it died? I never process mystery deaths. I either bury them if I really liked the chicken or throw it in the garbage to be eatten by wildlife at the land fill.

Re: her stiffness. It takes 3 days for rigor to release, so if you are going to process her, into the fridge for 3 days, then she will be more plyable.

Thats what I was thinking, but I don't know much about eating processed birds yet - ones that were alive or already dead! So I thought maybe you guys knew something I didn't...LOL

IF I know the bird was healthy yesterday and it died today I have butchered and eaten them. ESPECIALLY in the 9 to 10 month old range as this is when natural birth defect show up and kill the bird. Every time I have butchered a bird like in this case the heart was soft and surrounded by blood. Heart attack. I have noticed through the years of keeping far too many chickens that when a chicken dies at 9 to 10 months old, it was due to a birth defect that comes to a head at this age. I compare my theory to humans born with a heart problem who most always need their heart fixed in their early 20's.
I probably have shared this theory on this thread before. I certainly have shared it on BYC and other places. When I guess that someones dead hen or rooster is 9 to 10 months old ....and am right.

Can't learn that in some stupid book

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[JLaw]

Thats what I was thinking, but I don't know much about eating processed birds yet - ones that were alive or already dead! So I thought maybe you guys knew something I didn't...LOL

I know alot about eating processed birds. What i'm wondering is how your eating them un processed and what store sells them that way? Lol sorry couldnt help it.

 

[Lynzi777]

IF I know the bird was healthy yesterday and it died today I have butchered and eaten them. ESPECIALLY in the 9 to 10 month old range as this is when natural birth defect show up and kill the bird. Every time I have butchered a bird like in this case the heart was soft and surrounded by blood. Heart attack. I have noticed through the years of keeping far too many chickens that when a chicken dies at 9 to 10 months old, it was due to a birth defect that comes to a head at this age. I compare my theory to humans born with a heart problem who most always need their heart fixed in their early 20's.
I probably have shared this theory on this thread before. I certainly have shared it on BYC and other places. When I guess that someones dead hen or rooster is 9 to 10 months old ....and am right.

Can't learn that in some stupid book

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Makes sense, and IF you have shared this on this thread before, I either missed it or was not here yet, so Thank You

 

[stonykill]

Interestingly enough...... I mainly raise Sumatra's. At least 50 to 75 new ones hatched from broody's each year since I got them. At the critical time 9 to 10 months old I have lost few Sumatra's...can count them on one hand. Now RIR's, EE's , Barred rock and other large fouls, those deaths are where the theory started from. I blame it on humans. Humans getting involved in "making chickens better". Sumatra's are still essentually as they were "discovered" in Sumatra. All other large foul I mentioned have been "improved" or created by humans. As I have said before, humans have ruined chickens. I'm doing my best with my own birds, as I'm sure many of you are to correct those mistakes.

 

[Tab's chicken obsession]

This was in my head all day at work today.

 

[NookNook01]

Last I knew Chipmunks lived in trees, not holes in the ground. Only time I see squirrels or chipmunks dig holes is to bury/dig up nuts, and those are just small holes for a couple nuts, not digging to China against a foundation.  My vote is on some ground dwelling critter.

A chipmunk will burrow and tunnel and are VERY destructive "ground dwellers" they can have very elaborate tunnel systems to the point they can collaps a driveway and also collaps a friends in ground pool liner. You are well justified to worry about those cute little destroyers!! Ha

 

[stonykill]

A chipmunk will burrow and tunnel and are VERY destructive "ground dwellers" they can have very elaborate tunnel systems to the point they can collaps a driveway and also collaps a friends in ground pool liner. You are well justified to worry about those cute little destroyers!! Ha

x2. we have chipper holes all over our yard. Red squirrels live in tree's. Chippers like to burrow mainly

 

[Lynzi777]

Interestingly enough...... I mainly raise Sumatra's. At least 50 to 75 new ones hatched from broody's each year since I got them. At the critical time 9 to 10 months old I have lost few Sumatra's...can count them on one hand. Now RIR's, EE's , Barred rock and other large fouls, those deaths are where the theory started from. I blame it on humans. Humans getting involved in "making chickens better". Sumatra's are still essentually as they were "discovered" in Sumatra. All other large foul I mentioned have been "improved" or created by humans. As I have said before, humans have ruined chickens. I'm doing my best with my own birds, as I'm sure many of you are to correct those mistakes.

What else do you raise for ducks? I happened to click on the "view all" link the other day above the thumb nails of photos to the right of this thread (Which by the way I think everyone should do. It was neat to see all the pictures that have been shared here over the last few years and kind of "recap" what everyone went thru over the last few years) and I came across one of your photos of the fawn and white runners and it had white ducks (Pekins?) in the background. Do you still have those?

 

[Lynzi777]

x2. we have chipper holes all over our yard. Red squirrels live in tree's. Chippers like to burrow mainly

A chipmunk will burrow and tunnel and are VERY destructive "ground dwellers" they can have very elaborate tunnel systems to the point they can collaps a driveway and also collaps a friends in ground pool liner. You are well justified to worry about those cute little destroyers!! Ha

My front yard and flower bed is destroyed by chipmunks. We had a family of 5 or so living out there this summer. Every day I would fill in those holes and every day they dig them out again. Drove me nuts.

 

[stonykill]

What else do you raise for ducks? I happened to click on the "view all" link the other day above the thumb nails of photos to the right of this thread (Which by the way I think everyone should do. It was neat to see all the pictures that have been shared here over the last few years and kind of "recap" what everyone went thru over the last few years) and I came across one of your photos of the fawn and white runners and it had white ducks (Pekins?) in the background. Do you still have those?

I have 2 Pekin females left. They are getting pretty old