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griggy said:
So, I am supposed to be gone overnight for about 24 hours from Day 19 to Day 20 of my incubator cycle (chicken eggs.) I know I have to keep the humidity up, but I'm really worried that something will happen from the time I leave until the time I get back. What do you guys think? Should I have someone come check on it? If I have an early hatch, it will be okay for that long right? I'm just freaking out now!
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That is the time you should leave them undisturbed, so don't have anyone check on them, just relax.

I'm almost always away from day 19 to 20 and it's never been a problem.
 
SilkieSensation said:
LisaYolkUm said:
at what age does a chicken no longer taste good?

I mean................if you decide to process an older bird.............when is it too old to be a good meal...................just curious.........
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They never get too old to be eaten. The preparation method is what changes. I brine all of my birds but especially helpful for older birds. Then slow cook them to make the meat more tender. Older birds are best used shredded & hidden in other dishes (chicken & noodles, quesedillas, enchiladas, creamed chicken, etc.)
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I was wondering something along the same lines. How long before a heritage breed needs to be cooked differently? I am hatching out an inordinate amount of cockerels this year. I'm contemplating growing them out for food for us, I think I'll need to keep them till their 7 months or so. Coop room is at a premium these days so I'm a little worried about keeping extra cockerels on that long. Any tips for me, peeps? Any advice on keeping down feed costs?

BRB, need to google Pumpkin HulseyGamecock.
 
Well I finally got all the chicken wire and hardware cloth up around the run. Wow that was a pain. I swear, when we started building, I never meant to have Cathedral ceilings in the run! I think the highest point is 12'. Hubby wants to build a jungle gym type deal in there for them to climb all over since it's so huge lol. Tomorrow, I'm building the door for the run and trying to figure out what to close the gap at the bottom of the run with. At the high end there's a good foot between the bottom 2x4 with hardware cloth and the ground. My goal is to let them be able to play in their run by Saturday (my son's birthday party).I don't want to have to stop what I'm doing every 5 minutes to go open the coop so everyone can see the chickens lol.

On the subject of potatoes, my feed bag potatoes are EXPLODING! They are just growing like crazy! We need to pick up more dirty to throw in there since the stalks are just flying out of the bags lol
 
Blarneyeggs said:
SilkieSensation said:
LisaYolkUm said:
at what age does a chicken no longer taste good?

I mean................if you decide to process an older bird.............when is it too old to be a good meal...................just curious.........
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They never get too old to be eaten. The preparation method is what changes. I brine all of my birds but especially helpful for older birds. Then slow cook them to make the meat more tender. Older birds are best used shredded & hidden in other dishes (chicken & noodles, quesedillas, enchiladas, creamed chicken, etc.)
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I was wondering something along the same lines. How long before a heritage breed needs to be cooked differently? I am hatching out an inordinate amount of cockerels this year. I'm contemplating growing them out for food for us, I think I'll need to keep them till their 7 months or so. Coop room is at a premium these days so I'm a little worried about keeping extra cockerels on that long. Any tips for me, peeps? Any advice on keeping down feed costs?

BRB, need to google Pumpkin HulseyGamecock.
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Personally, I always cook everything except the cx broilers (& sometimes those too) in the crockpot & then shred the meat to use in other things. It's the only way to hide the dark meat so it gets eaten too...lol


chiques chicks said:
My feed bags are already filled to the to with dirt and plants are a for above that. I have 15 of them. What have I done!

Also put in 350 ft. of corn. Mind you, I live alone!
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Just send all your extra right over here. I didn't get to do a garden at all this year because of the move. :(
 
I think all the muscovies died in their shell. At least 4 pipped, but I haven't seen or heard anything. Not throwing them out yet, but I don't have much hope they are still alive in there. All the chicks hatched great in the same incubator and hatcher. I don't really have brooder space anyway, so maybe it's a good, though sad, thing.
 
dheltzel said:
I think all the muscovies died in their shell. At least 4 pipped, but I haven't seen or heard anything. Not throwing them out yet, but I don't have much hope they are still alive in there. All the chicks hatched great in the same incubator and hatcher. I don't really have brooder space anyway, so maybe it's a good, though sad, thing.
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sorry, covies are such nice ducks
 
Good morning:

Can somebody clue me in on the potato bag process? I have a feed bag 1/2 filled with dirt and folded the top of the bag down to about 4" above the soil....I put about 5 eyes in and sprinkled a little bit of dirt on top and keep watered. I have sprouts that are about 6" growing, If/when should I add more dirt on top?( or more potato eyes)....
 
chiques chicks said:
My feed bags are already filled to the to with dirt and plants are a for above that. I have 15 of them. What have I done!

Also put in 350 ft. of corn. Mind you, I live alone!
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You could sell the excess, we put up a table by the barn and a sign at the end of the road, things sell if you keep the price right...
 

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