Afternoon all! Welcome AnnieOK! Okla-I-really-wanna-live here....Hope you have safe travels and all goes well with your family. You really do have a good heart to do what you do. Looks like lots of babies/chicks being born(pulled), or being "sat on" to be born...pretty exciting! We have 3 'bators going right now and with three brooders full of chicks...know those are always neat and fun to have around.
Talking of dispatching critters...went duck hunting this morning...think all the wind today blew them back North...except the one I brought home
Since we we plucking anyway, we had 4 roos that needed to go to freezer camp...and wife came up with a cool idea that helped a lot that I wanted to share with those that raise clucking food.
(Those with pets close your ears*,
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*side note- we have several chicken pens...but one "food" pen...once they enter there we don't consider them chickens anymore...anyway...
We always had the issue of holding the dispatched bird in the water without us either getting burnt or not getting the whole chicken dunked...well, my duck carrier was still out and the DW suggested that we put one leg in each side of the carrier to dunk...not only does this work really well....since the ends are wire I could "push" the bird down under the water with little effort.
I know there are other methods...but for our small one bird pot...this really worked well and wanted to share the idea.
Anyway, hope you all have a Blessed New Year! Look forward to seeing everyone at the auctions and different events!