overrun with roosters!!

[gimmie birdies]

I bought meat chickens once and did the processing at nine weeks? Any way, I had one processed, head removed, skin removed, but if you touched it, it would still "flex" kinda creepy.

 

[bobbi-j]

I don't have to gut, since I only remove the breast and the legs.

Yep, we used to do that, too with our spent hens, until I discovered what a wonderful broth you can make with those flavorful carcasses. You can cook them, pick off the meat, and freeze that for later. Use it in chili, enchiladas, chicken soup, stew or hot dish, tacos....

 

[gimmie birdies]

soup is nice.

 

[bobbi-j]

soup is nice.

I'm telling you, gut those birds and make broth. It makes the best soup ever!

 

[Farmgal101]

If you're collecting eggs every morning, they will be fine. (What are you doing with them, if you're not eating them?) Personally, I think you're more likely to get sick from store-bought eggs than your own home grown ones. When you hear about salmonella outbreaks, it's usually from the commercial egg producers, not a backyard flock. Due to heavy predator losses, I don't have chickens at the moment, so I have not been eating my regular eggs and toast breakfast. I can't stand store eggs any more! Your eggs should have a nice, dark yolk and a lot more flavor than those you buy in the store. Once you start eating them, you won't go back.

I dont eat any eggs but i would like to...I notice that the store bought eggs do taste different as i have tried a egg a while ago that they laid..but now knowing that ill probably eat them more often./Oh...i was scrabbling and feeding the eggs back to them

 

[Farmgal101]

I'm telling you, gut those birds and make broth. It makes the best soup ever!

soup is nice.

I might actually do it...

 

[bobbi-j]

I dont eat any eggs but i would like to...I notice that the store bought eggs do taste different as i have tried a egg a while ago that they laid..but now knowing that ill probably eat them more often./Oh...i was scrabbling and feeding the eggs back to them

You're killing me! Where do you live? I'll come take those eggs and roosters off your hands. I lied - the meat and eggs are terrible. You don't want them. Really. Let me help you with that problem.

 

[Farmgal101]

You're killing me! Where do you live? I'll come take those eggs and roosters off your hands. I lied - the meat and eggs are terrible. You don't want them. Really. Let me help you with that problem.

Im still a little new to raising chickens...which is obvious...I just over worry about all the things i hear...this is my 2nd year with chickens and i didnt even know chickens hatched there own eggs till 10 months ago when all 20-25 chicks hatched

 

[bobbi-j]

Im still a little new to raising chickens...which is obvious...I just over worry about all the things i hear...this is my 2nd year with chickens and i didnt even know chickens hatched there own eggs till 10 months ago when all 20-25 chicks hatched

You do know how to prevent that now, though, right? Keep picking those eggs every day!

 

[Farmgal101]

You do know how to prevent that now, though, right? Keep picking those eggs every day!

I sure wish i knew that beforeYep im collecting them eggs daily...im going to try and make a egg sandwich tomorrow and see how there eggs taste...I was worried about them having worms but i think the eggs have spots on them when they do and all my chickens seem healthy.