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[heatherscooby77]

I was thinking about something else, similar to bruces experiment, but not really, I was on another forum, a breeder forum, now speaking of saving chickens, and if I understand what they are talking about, being new to the chicken world. When they say they are going to cull hard, They are killing chickens that are not up to standard?!? Why not sell the chicks? Or are the trying to eliminate the impurities of the breed all together? Mehh I dunno have been thinking about that the last few days...

And one of my chickens bit me See if try to pet that chicken again.. Made me miss my Orencia.. these RIR look nothing like her, either ( seriously pout going on) She was my girl.. These all run from me unless they know I have treats.. sigh...

I cull hard, I am breeding to the breed standards. I sell my culls or breeder hens to folks to use for eggs. I sell my cull roosters at auction, or have people come to the farm to pick up. I keep only the ones I think are the best, to improve the breed. I don't kill them. I can't say what other people's definition is of culling. I don't think mine is to far off from the majority.

 

[bruceh]

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[bruceh]

I cull hard, I am breeding to the breed standards. I sell my culls or breeder hens to folks to use for eggs. I sell my cull roosters at auction, or have people come to the farm to pick up. I keep only the ones I think are the best, to improve the breed. I don't kill them. I can't say what other people's definition is of culling. I don't think mine is to far off from the majority.

 

[missydcpc]

Ok, apparently when you start your multiquote at night, and try and finish it the next morning, the system doesn't remember your first quotes.

So.....

Welcome Mike!

If anyone wants on the map, get me your zip.

Hope everyone is enjoying the warm/not too hot/beautiful/need to go swimming weather! We are! Took the littles to the lake yesterday, got there a little after 9 and left a little after 1. Took them for ice cream...and the 3 yo was fast asleep! Poor guy...he was tuckered out. Took them to the playground and then to the farmer's market. I'm sure their mom had them in bed early last night!

Think I'll head out to the lake alone today...need to get some actual swimming done, vs watching like a hawk over the kids.

 

[annie82005]

everyone raises chickens for their own reasons. The reason I say this is because Bruce really got me thinking. A lot of people where I work actually call me the crazy chicken lady although I only have a small backyard flock of 11. I have come to realize that a lot of people have a huge disconnect of where their food comes from. We eat mostly venison that we process ourselves. I got chickens just to have fresh eggs from chickens that aren't pumped full of hormones or live in those horrible conditions that they do. A lot of people need to realize what is really happening to these animals and it's not just chickens. I guess what it really boils down to it its the out of sight out of mind thinking. I would sooner raise and process my own food then to support big business and the cruelty of animals. some people laugh when I say that I would love to save all of the animals in the world. Reality is I can't, but I can work to give my animals the best quality of life I can. Call me crazy but thats how I feel.

 

[missydcpc]

everyone raises chickens for their own reasons. The reason I say this is because Bruce really got me thinking. A lot of people where I work actually call me the crazy chicken lady although I only have a small backyard flock of 11. I have come to realize that a lot of people have a huge disconnect of where their food comes from. We eat mostly venison that we process ourselves. I got chickens just to have fresh eggs from chickens that aren't pumped full of hormones or live in those horrible conditions that they do. A lot of people need to realize what is really happening to these animals and it's not just chickens. I guess what it really boils down to it its the out of sight out of mind thinking. I would sooner raise and process my own food then to support big business and the cruelty of animals. some people laugh when I say that I would love to save all of the animals in the world. Reality is I can't, but I can work to give my animals the best quality of life I can. Call me crazy but thats how I feel.

I totally get this. I got my chickens because years ago, I read about how chickens could help you in your garden. I immediately wanted chickens, funny...I don't even have a garden now...But the thought stuck. When I talked to DH about it, step-daughter and her 5 children were living with us That meant 8 mouths to feed. We went through 2-3 dozen eggs per week...easily. The more I researched, the more I realized that this would help us with our more natural/healthy eating life that we were trying to teach the kids.

2 funny stories about people's disconnect with food.
My sister was getting married, and her husband is lactose intolerant. So she was calling the bakery that the wedding location uses to ensure that they could do a DAIRY FREE cake. The woman on the other end told her she didn't think that was possible, as all cakes require eggs.....ummm....yeah. My sister's response was "As long as you can find chicken eggs and not cow eggs, it'll be ok" She then called the wedding location and told them she'd be using a different bakery.

My mom and I were discussing raw milk. DH and I have gone to using raw milk, and my mother had apparently never even heard of it. As I explained the difference between my milk and hers...I could literally hear her disconnecting. I finally laughed and said "you believe the milk magically appears in the store behind the cooler section, don't you?" Yup. Love my mom...but she doesn't want to think about where her food comes from.

 

[nbenevento]

Missy, this is the first time I have seen the map. Please add me. 15642. Thanks.

 

[sharron]

I totally get this. I got my chickens because years ago, I read about how chickens could help you in your garden. I immediately wanted chickens, funny...I don't even have a garden now...But the thought stuck. When I talked to DH about it, step-daughter and her 5 children were living with us That meant 8 mouths to feed. We went through 2-3 dozen eggs per week...easily. The more I researched, the more I realized that this would help us with our more natural/healthy eating life that we were trying to teach the kids.

2 funny stories about people's disconnect with food.
My sister was getting married, and her husband is lactose intolerant. So she was calling the bakery that the wedding location uses to ensure that they could do a DAIRY FREE cake. The woman on the other end told her she didn't think that was possible, as all cakes require eggs.....ummm....yeah. My sister's response was "As long as you can find chicken eggs and not cow eggs, it'll be ok" She then called the wedding location and told them she'd be using a different bakery.

My mom and I were discussing raw milk. DH and I have gone to using raw milk, and my mother had apparently never even heard of it. As I explained the difference between my milk and hers...I could literally hear her disconnecting. I finally laughed and said "you believe the milk magically appears in the store behind the cooler section, don't you?" Yup. Love my mom...but she doesn't want to think about where her food comes from.

we drink raw milk too from our cow, or i do and the dil and grandkids, dh doesn't drink milk. did you know that now they think that people that are lactose intolerant can drink milk from a cow that produces A2 milk, its different from other milk, jerseys, dexters and gurneys all can be A2 producers.

 

[BirdbyGavin1103]

Delaware county PA, south eastern pa

Welcome, and welcome to any other new people I missed.

My mom is an excellent example of not being able to disconnect food animals from pets. She was a huge fan of eating chicken breast, ate it more than any other meat, except maybe wings. Since we bought the chickens she has had hardly any, she does the same with venison and rabbit. When we had pet rabbits she stopped eating the rabbits my family hunt, and she will only eat venison that we shot on another property. I wonder what she'll do when we get meat rabbits, a beef cow and possibly a dairy cow/goat? I'm not going to tell her how to tell if an egg is fertile, or she'll never eat any my girls lay.

Thankfully our family has pretty much always known where our food comes from, and not had the disconnect that most people have. Gavin actually got upset with me when I did the meat birds while he was at school. He wanted to see the entire process from beginning to end, as far as egg/chick to table. He's even asked the future FIL if he can buy a calf from him next year and raise it himself so he can provide steaks for Sunday supper. Guess I never need to worry about that disconnect with Gavin.

 

[sharron]

had a bad scare this morning, around four a chicken started "screaming" right under my bedroom window, husband jumped up and ran outside, finally came back, said he didn't see anything. i have two hens and a roo running free, all the rest are penned up and locked up at night, anyway, went back to bed and around four thirty , again, the screaming, i thought, there goes the second hen, we went outside with a flashlight this time and all i could find was the roo, hens gone, this morning told my dh set the trap out under the tree where they roost tonight and maybe we can catch the critter, probably a coon, anyway, i went out to check just in case the hens got lucky and got away, GUESS WHAT, THEY DID, the one hen looks like she was in a heck of a fight, lost alot of feathers, but alive, little brown hen just lost some tail feathers. so i'm guessing a young inexperience coon, tonight, whether they like it or not, the three will be locked up and hopefully we can catch the would be killer.