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[Ksane]

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Matt, those spangled ones are beautiful

And such sweet little things.

 

[Kassaundra]

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your best bet for a meaty is simply to buy them, there are both fast and slow broilers available and overall will be less resource consuming in the process. These companies have spent billions in developing birds that develop consistantly and they are very hard to beat. You don't even have to settle for white the slow broilers come in colors too.

They (the chickens) are my gardeners too. The chicken moat will need foragers to kill the grass before it gets into the main garden, and it will be planted in vine plants (over there heads) and I don't want to have to process huge numbers at at time (like raise 20 all together and butcher all together).

The chicken garden has worked so well this year this is going to be an extension of that. I was also thinking the NN would be easier to pluck. The slow broilers may work w/ my plan.

 

[Ksane]

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I know what you mean, they'll fit perfectly with what I want and they won't be bred or shown, just babied

Let me know when would be good for you and I'm as good as there!

Just what ever works for you, I will be tied up the 26th, 27th, 31st, 1st, and 2nd. Then again the 6th, 7th, 8th.

How about Wed, the 5th? Even after the 8th is fine but I don't want you to run out. I'd love anywhere between 2-5 of them. I don't want to wait too long and lose out but I'd also like to have their pen all ready for them.

 

[sjarvis00]

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Just what ever works for you, I will be tied up the 26th, 27th, 31st, 1st, and 2nd. Then again the 6th, 7th, 8th.

How about Wed, the 5th? Even after the 8th is fine but I don't want you to run out. I'd love anywhere between 2-5 of them. I don't want to wait too long and lose out but I'd also like to have their pen all ready for them.

The 5th will work, I'll be here all day, that will also let me go through som eof teh other birds and set some choices out for you.

 

[Ksane]

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I would've sucked at being a farmer. I turned down a whole 1/2 of a cow from my mom's husband because I'd watched "Little Blackie" grow up from a baby calf and would've thrown up if I'd have ate any of him. I can eat meat, just not meat I taught to eat and drink and looked into their tiny baby eyes lol

 

[Ksane]

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How about Wed, the 5th? Even after the 8th is fine but I don't want you to run out. I'd love anywhere between 2-5 of them. I don't want to wait too long and lose out but I'd also like to have their pen all ready for them.

The 5th will work, I'll be here all day, that will also let me go through som eof teh other birds and set some choices out for you.

You're my hero! Thanks

 

[Kassaundra]

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I would've sucked at being a farmer. I turned down a whole 1/2 of a cow from my mom's husband because I'd watched "Little Blackie" grow up from a baby calf and would've thrown up if I'd have ate any of him. I can eat meat, just not meat I taught to eat and drink and looked into their tiny baby eyes lol

This is my master plan ................................. but .................................... I don't currently posses these skills!!!!! I know I can eat the meat if I get that far. It is the getting that far. My husband will not help in any way shape or form (the killing / processing part) and thinks I won't be able to do it either. I did have to cull earlier this year x 2, a truly harrowing experience. But I want to be as self sufficiant w/ our food as I can be and I want to learn to do this (not ness technolly or physically but emotionally) I am reading every meat thread I can watching the videos (trying to desensitize myself to it and pick up pointers) and forming a new plan for the actual death stroke so we'll see. I do have a back up plan if all else fails, my former partner at work has agreed to help w/ the killing processing, and he killed his first deer this year so as last resort I have that to fall back on. But it GALLS me to the bone to admit defeat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[banjoejoe4783]

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MH- motteld houden

 

[nnbreeder]

What I would do is to buy the NNs as straight run, pullets go in the layer flock and cockerals go into the meat production side of it. They are slower growing then the production birds are but have a better feed conversion rate in both extreme cold or heat. Meaties have a bad habit of falling over dead when temps go way out of bounds like what happens here.

 

[sjarvis00]

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I would've sucked at being a farmer. I turned down a whole 1/2 of a cow from my mom's husband because I'd watched "Little Blackie" grow up from a baby calf and would've thrown up if I'd have ate any of him. I can eat meat, just not meat I taught to eat and drink and looked into their tiny baby eyes lol

This is my master plan ................................. but .................................... I don't currently posses these skills!!!!! I know I can eat the meat if I get that far. It is the getting that far. My husband will not help in any way shape or form (the killing / processing part) and thinks I won't be able to do it either. I did have to cull earlier this year x 2, a truly harrowing experience. But I want to be as self sufficiant w/ our food as I can be and I want to learn to do this (not ness technolly or physically but emotionally) I am reading every meat thread I can watching the videos (trying to desensitize myself to it and pick up pointers) and forming a new plan for the actual death stroke so we'll see. I do have a back up plan if all else fails, my former partner at work has agreed to help w/ the killing processing, and he killed his first deer this year so as last resort I have that to fall back on. But it GALLS me to the bone to admit defeat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When the time comes there are several on here that will help (I'm sure). Otherwise feel free to keep my number handy, although I prefer to skin then rather than pluck them. I can complete a young bird in less than 2 minutes and ready to bag that way, and no smell of burnt feather from running them over burning rubbing alchohol to get rid of teh remaining feather folicles.