The worst is when you turn around and you stumble because a beggin chicken is always at your feet and to save her life you dive forward into whatever fate is before you, today this is my yard! you DO NOT want to see my dogs nor my floors!
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It was pleasant meeting you stake, I enjoyed our conversation and am very thankful for the opportunity to receive 2 of those crates. I believe they will be an excellent size for breeding pens.
The rooster that I was telling you about was this Ganoi cock. I will no longer be raising this breed but I really enjoyed them while I had them. The rooster weights ran between 8 to 10 lbs. at maturity.
Here is a Ganoi hen, she is a full sister to the rooster above. She is a ferocious and protective mother, I have never lost any chicks to hawks from these Ganoi. She will not tolerate any other hens in the same pen.
This rooster is molting. This is a son to the above Ganoi pair, he was just as protective of the hens from hawks as his daddy was. The reason I'm not raising these anymore is because it's almost impossible and in most cases impossible to have two roosters together beyond two months of age, because they will fight and seriously hurt or kill each other.
The hens tend to be just as indomitable as the roosters, because of that I am able to have only one hen per pen even if the pen is a 10' x 10' pen. They will not peaceably tolerate another hen except in rare occasions when a pair of sisters is kept together from the day they hatched. If those same two sisters are separated for a week, you can never again put them back together and expect them not to fight and hurt or kill each other.
I like it when I can have the offspring with the parents until they are at least 8 months old.
I do have several Ganoi x Cubalaya crosses of these roosters that I will continue using in my Cubalaya breeding program.
Here is a Cubalaya x Ganoi that I will be using for breeding this year. He has a Cubalaya father and a Ganoi mother.
Unfortunately the shamos I've had in the past here are the same way with each other. Awesome looking birds though.
Did someone say mud?
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I need some advice. Our leghorn rooster has been with us for 2 years and we never had a problem with him. Now he is attacking our Campine hen. He wouldn't let her leave the coop to eat or drink or he would attack her. One day I noticed she was covered in blood. Her nest box had blood splatters all over it and the inside of the coop looked like a war zone. He must have cornered her and just kept pecking until she got away. I never saw him peck any other hen but one of our white rock hens had a really bloody comb the other day. I took him out of the coop and run. He is by himself now until we can cull him. Today when I was giving the girls water he got back in and went right for her. Have any of you had this happen before? Why would he take such a dislike for her like that?
Now for my other question. We NEVER processed a chicken before. Hubby has been on Youtube watching videos on how to do it. Since the rooster is 2 years old I read the meat will be tough. Any suggestions on how to cook it?
Now for my other question. We NEVER processed a chicken before. Hubby has been on Youtube watching videos on how to do it. Since the rooster is 2 years old I read the meat will be tough. Any suggestions on how to cook it?
All mean birds go to freezer camp.
I brine my birds for 48 hrs & then put them in a roaster bag or if I just want the meat in pieces for noodles, soup, enchiladas, etc.I slow cook them on low heat over night in broth or bullion until they fall off the bone & then pick the meat from the carcass to use in my dishes.
Wow. Talk about an abusive relationship. Poor girls.
The best way to cook him in my opinion would be to make some nice chicken noodle soup. You'll need to boil him pretty much allllll day to get the meat to fall off the bone to put it in the soup. But, I've never processed either. So what I said could have been wrong about preparation. I have a mean roo that needs to go too, but he's not THAT mean, so I'm letting him go until spring and if he doesn't shape up (I don't think he will, he's a sebright) we're making chicken soup outta him because he's already 6 months old.
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