They are! I take two or three of the little ones and make broth for soup. If there is not enough meat(surprisingly there usually is!), I add a boneless chicken breast or two to the soup made from the brothI really should... its just that they are all so little. Bantam cochins and seramas. I'm not sure they are worth the bother. And I can't seem to work up the courage to do the deed either.
You can do it!I know you are right. I just need to put on my big girl panties and do it.
I mean, heck, we went fishing Saturday and brought home 8 nice crappie for dinner. Gotta be near as much meat on a small cockerel as on a crappie.
Totally understand the whole "Family Visit" thing... Send some of that good Italian food this way...
I hate bland
Ya'll know what the kids are doing with all that new freedom? Napping under bushes! They tore up my chive planter and took a siesta.
Such a great post from top to bottomI didn't count my coop one night last summer.. never made that mistake again. Found a huge pile of feathers w/ a trail going into the woods behind the house.. ran in, like an idiot, and found a smaller pile of feathers. I assumed that she had made it through the night, but early the next morning had gone out to eat and a coyote got her. Glad your story ended better. Lots of lessons learned that day. My kids are still mad about that mistake. Did you give her a lecture about not wandering off from the group?
I wish I'd have thought of that w/ my ex husband.. even if things didn't change it sure would have made me feel better.
So she needs the 'Stay with the group' lecture too? Yay for finding her safe!
That is super awesome! What a wonderful gift. I thought it was metal until you said it was plywood.
Awww they look so happy. Are they getting along well w/ the bigs?
Right?! I was dying yesterday.. we're supposed to get a break from the heat on Wed (weather people are liars so I don't believe it.) mid 90's til then. I kept having to take breaks yesterday. Ended up sitting for about an hour in the shaded area chicken watching as an excuse to not be in the sun.
So sorry about CC!!!!! Poor thing.
Yay for surprise fruit trees! Are any of them small enough that you can relocate away from the garage/ coop? If not then at least the chickens will get to enjoy a feast of fruit that drops. I spent a small fortune on cherry trees years ago... I literally got ONE cherry from the 3 of them, 1 bing and 2 black tartarian. They need to bloom at the same time to pollinate, but of course they ALWAYS bloomed wrong. I had them for years and they weren't more than a twig.. Gave them to a friend when my parents moved and she got buckets of cherries from them. All you need now is a peach tree!
@FlyingNunFarm I have zero skills and no upper body strength, but I have 2 hands, a dirty mouth, and buckets of sarcastic wit if you need a hand. I'm usually free every other weekend when my offspring are visiting w/ their sperm donor. I promise I won't randomly leave a rooster on your door step (maybe at the end of your driveway).
That is adorable. It reminds me of when I was trying to get Nibbler to drop the dead bird.. I was trying to knock her head against a bucket, but her body moved and her head stayed still... smh.
PBM loved your rooster story
WV, Processing can be mentally draining if you over think it... Once you frame it as this is food for my family, it gets a lot easier.
