Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[wingstone]

Quote: not sure where to begin...
when raising poultry of any kind, time is taste, you may not get the nice soft meat in an older bird but you will get a stronger flavor...it is a trade off and people like both sides...i prefer an older bird to be slow cooked over a young cornishx
now as far as the rangers and cornishx, there's a slight taste difference regardless of age...with the rangers being a denser and stronger meat..

really, I could go on all day and give you guys a seminar...

 

[wingstone]

practice patience today...

these days are coming, along with the flies and other pesty bugs ..

 

[dheltzel]

I no longer have any Dominique hen's, I only have a few of the roosters left.
Glad to see so many converts to the Rhodebars, not sure what that says about me since I pawned them off on Dheltzel, they did not fit in and just were not what I wanted... that rooster was pretty though...
I really will not have much to offer this year with all the reconstructing.

Well, let me know if you want some RB eggs or chicks, wing. I can see why they didn't seem like a good fit for you, you're not particularly bothered by extra males and would probably grow them out anyway, but I can sell sexed pullets a lot easier than straight run chicks.

 

[wingstone]

Quote: glad to see them work out for you, what have you been doing with all the males if people only want hen's..are they worth growing out,

gonna take me awhile to get to where I want to be with breeds and seperation. but over the year's with different breeds does help you to decide which one's are best for you and which to leave alone..

now to add some guinea and geese for a better alarm system.....does it sound cruel when I say the guinea will be to sound the alarm and sacrifice if need be..... and the geese, I want the pilgrim because of autosexing at hatch, only want a few and the rest are for personal use as meat..

time to start asking everyone....What is your spring and summer project this year ??

 

[bobrut]

Yeah! You found them-

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Still snowing here... yes, another snow day for the kids. And we have had a stomach flu run through all 5 kids in the house within the last week I'm loosing my marbles.

Oh my, I would have lost my marbles when I was bent over the toilet.

I only have 6.

3 eggs is not bad, I hope you get more int the months to come!

For now . . .

Truth!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I think I have a 4 day old chick. .....crowing! I have to try to catch him in action and record him.

 

[kada6305]

Problem totally solved then. We all know that the rooster may rule the coop, but the hen totally rules the rooster.

haha exactly...we are only supposed to get 4 chicks...I already have him talked up to 10 more...LOL

 

[LadyBehir]

2015 goals/plans: Maybe do a pen of meat birds. I have an aversion to the idea of the standard CX ones, it just seems so wrong. But what breed could I do in my small yard? Yard itself is fenced (which needs repaired and is on the to-do list) but I don't think they'd really free range well. Ideas?

Fix fence

Raised veg beds

fix ornamental pond rocks

redo path stones so I have a real sitting area next to the coop for chick tv.

plant 2 cherry trees

un-stump yard

plant lots and lots of veggies.

learn to can

get at least 3 cords of wood in, would prefer 4 or 5.

finish fixing up small bedroom/office. It's been torn up for 2 years now.

 

[LadyBehir]

Oh, and "win the lottery"