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[Jeansrie]

I have this super poofy showgirl, a couple months old, that I am about 90% sure is a boy if anyone is interested! Located in south Broken Arrow

 

[NanaKat]

Monday I processed five pheasant for the freezer and today, I processed five cockerels. Five is a good number for me to do in a morning.

I still have about 15 cockerels and another 5 pheasant to go.

How long do you let your chickens rest (cool) before packaging for the freezer?  I've got some quail to process soon, and I was wondering if they needed 24 hours for rigor to pass, or if they were different from chickens in that way.

I have processed quail the same way I do chickens. I process in the morning, place in the fridge overnight and move to the freezer in the morning.

I put mine on ice as I'm processing in order to quickly drop the body temperature. I have found this helps with rigor.
If I'm plucking, I rinse and then they go in the ice before gutting. When all the birds are on ice, I then gut, rinse and put in another ice chest. Then picking pin feathers, rinse and package for the fridge.
When I skin the bird, I gut, rinse and then ice down. Then all birds are fully rinsed and packaged for the fridge.

 

[margaret8]

The temp is 90-95•, they have a light, they have room in the brooder they dye when they are 3-4 days old! Only 1 in about 10 dye. Guinea eggs are dirty! so, I wash them and disinfect them before putting them in the incubator . I keep the bator disinfected at all times! I hatch out in a hatcher which I also disinfect.

By the way I use oxine too!

 

[artsyrobin]

I have this super poofy showgirl, a couple months old, that I am about 90% sure is a boy if anyone is interested! Located in south Broken Arrow

beautiful! what makes you think boy??




got to have quick meet up with Kass and get her little seabright boy- incredibly sweet and i see a painting in the future- he see the camera and poses!

 

[Jeansrie]

He's got a bigger comb, bigger feet and some leakage starting to come through - no streamers and no crowing yet though. Girls I have grown out from my little breeding group have not had a comb whatsoever though.

 

[Kassaundra]

He definitely knows how pretty he is! lol Glad he got a great home and a lady of his own. Now I don't have to worry about Shakespear hurting him.

 

[artsyrobin]

Quote:
the reason i wondered is i go by stance more than anything-

Quote: he is a little character- gave him a bit of pizza and he spent 5 minutes trying to convince me i could have it if i wanted!

 

[Kassaundra]

the reason i wondered is i go by stance more than anything-



he is a little character- gave him a bit of pizza and he spent 5 minutes trying to convince me i could have it if i wanted!

Yes, he treat calls for rabbits and anyone he thinks just might listen! lol lol lol

 

[Poco Pollo]

I see such confidence in that stance. Can you do me a big, huge, gigantic, enormous, monumental favor? Send me a dozen snaps of your new Seabright boy doing different things. He strikes me as a main character type. I think he'd make an excellent protagonist for a children's story.

About two weeks ago, I met a new addition to our farm. He is a baby turtle, and he greets me each morning when I fill water dishes. He and your Seabright could have an adventure.

 

[artsyrobin]

awwwww what a cute face!!!