Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[LittleMissPurdy]

Anyone know where MC is? I miss her

she is here....she is stalking us

....hee,,hee

Best answer to this may not be a direct answer but rather a reference to another thread... quite a few of us process our own birds, or raise birds for meat. Sally started a thread about the questions last year and it contains many different ways, opinions and emotional references... start of the thread is here....
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ort-group-help-us-through-the-emotions-please

The decision to use birds for meat or just keep them as pets is purely a personal one, as long as the animal is kept properly and not allowed to suffer then the rest is up to you... no one else can or should tell you how to deal with your own animals.

..**Lisa..it is a good thread to read even if your not going to ever process..

 

[chippysmom327]

she is here....she is stalking us ....hee,,hee

Well that's good. After all, creeping is caring.

 

[LittleMissPurdy]

Well that's good. After all, creeping is caring.

in a most "special" way....

...you know, I am going to pay for this..hee,he.hee

 

[Blarneyeggs]

Quote: Bring on the Bag Balm!

I know it's early, but....
Seems a lot of people are talking Turkey this year. What breed are people looking at getting? I was pleased with my red bourbons and would love to get some again. I'd be breeding my own if they hadn't all been toms. I'm more than willing to hatch some if anyone knows a source of eggs. I had very bad luck with shipped eggs last year, got like two hatches per dozen or worse. If I can find some local, I'd be very happy

Ray, there are ummm bourbon reds? right nearby in Coatesville. A woman named Liz who also breeds Show Quality Silkies and Silkied Fainting goats sells them. She goes by Liz Groomer on FB

BAG Balm REGROWs HAIR!

I am FINALLY sitting to read ingredients of the Bag Balm wing! look here! DH can use it muwahhahhhaaaaa

8-hydroxyquinoline Sulfate Side Effects

There is some evidence that the active ingredient in Bag Balm, 8-hydroxyquinoline sulfate, can help regrow hair. A small study using Bag Balm to relieve dry skin due to male pattern baldness showed that some men started to regrow hair in the affected location. (Reference 3) There are no other reported side effects of 8-hydroxyquinoline sulfate.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/137586-bag-balm-side-effects/

Good Lawd Sally! Did I need to know this? No wonder my hands are so hairy! I use bag balm regularly on the goats.

Since we're talking Turkey…Here are some from the Farm Show.



'That's right. Lookit me. I'm so bad azz I don't even need to display and I'm still Show Champion'




The End.

 

[LittleMissPurdy]

since we are talking turkey,,,here is my favorite....wish they were more common..

...okay..my gosh he is such a pain sometimes..

..sigh...questions..Between the Narrag. & the sweetgrass....*which are the best tasting?..I realize this is a personnel preference thing , but you understand what I am dealing with here..and *which are the fastest to grow out?..This is for anyone's opinion, Thank you all for your time.-Danielle

 

[LittleMissPurdy]

Bring on the Bag Balm!

Ray, there are ummm bourbon reds? right nearby in Coatesville. A woman named Liz who also breeds Show Quality Silkies and Silkied Fainting goats sells them. She goes by Liz Groomer on FB

Good Lawd Sally! Did I need to know this? No wonder my hands are so hairy! I use bag balm regularly on the goats.

Since we're talking Turkey…Here are some from the Farm Show.



'That's right. Lookit me. I'm so bad azz I don't even need to display and I'm still Show Champion'




The End.

AWESOME!!!

....thank you Blarney!!! I have been watching Farm Show on TV ALL day!! hahaha...not getting anything done, but am enjoying myself very much!! Didn't know they played POLO at this thing??!! hahha, watching it right now....

....

 

[fisherlady]

Will have SPPR eggs in a few weeks if you want to hatch some. Where did you get them.

I got mine from Hortsman poultry, The hens are probably all 'show quality', absolutely gorgeous lacing and such, but I don't show, I want decent eggs and good meat on the extras... I have 5 hens but no roo. Thing is that when I need hatching eggs it is often when no one has breeding pens set up because we use broodies. I didn't know you raised them also, but now that I do I will send you a PM for eggs when I get another broody (should be about end of February if Gracie keeps her normal schedule)

Looking forward to the pics!! ..haha DH has been hovering..hahhaa ..wants to see too...Yes, we are planning to process ourselves...would LOVE to get pointers from you..you've only done this a few times

....would like to have some "homegrown" wonders ourselves!!..hahaa..and I had to pick Todd up off the floor when he read the 9 lbs for a back yard bird!!! He grew up around commercial egg/meat chickens so....this will be awesome!! Will get in touch with you on when our next visit will happen. Thank you for your offer Wing!!

Ray...we were looking at Narragansetts.(heritage and still quicker to grow out), BUT...WOW...that bird **Wing just showed ...sweetgrass?..I.have seen the name on other threads, but didn't know what they looked like....very nice!!! Todd liked the colors! how are they for growing out?...we are looking to get turkeys in spring to be able to process end of Oct. beginning Nov...before Thanksgiving...The Turkeys do not have to be monsters for us..it is only company and Todd eating them anyway.

***Our plan for spring....I think we are getting the Cornish x(a couple) and the Turkeys(a couple)..not sure NOW which

., Narrag. or sweetgrass.. all at the same time so they can be penned in the same area for awhile. Then we will separate. We are doing our own processing.

LMP... I don't think you are too far from me, if you want help with some processing I can help you out some, though I haven't done turkeys, so wing would be a better source there for experience. How far are you from MCC? It takes me just over an hour to get to her place.

 

[fisherlady]

OK... so does anyone else HATE the 'auto-correct'... geesh, broodies become bloodiest, pullets become pallets, roos becomes roost....I haven't found a way to turn it off on my tablet yet (windows 8.1 with explorer 10) or at least create a list of allowed words. Don't the folks who write dictionaries know that chickens exist!???

 

[fisherlady]

Hey Sally,

About your pictures.... if you are using internet explorer... go to tools, then far tab on right is advanced options, way down on list is 'multi media', second or third one down is a check block for 'allow automatic resizing of images'. I have mine checked so it is allowed, and my photos resize when I upload them. Maybe that isn't checked on yours and that's why they don't resize?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: ha snickers ha