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[barbiegirl]

Erie,pa!!!

Hi and welcome from the Poconos! What do you have and/or what are you looking for?

 

[fisherlady]

I don't use wazine. I use ivermectin. I don't even toss eggs after treatment since ivermectin is safe for people. It's the same wormer they use to treat worms in people. And I also keep hatching as well. Never any issues.

So would you like 2 or 3 dozen eggs? LOL.... I have them saved, but no new broodies this weekend to use them. If you are interested I can ship them Monday or Tuesday.

 

[SilkieSensation]

I don't use wazine. I use ivermectin. I don't even toss eggs after treatment since ivermectin is safe for people. It's the same wormer they use to treat worms in people. And I also keep hatching as well. Never any issues.

So would you like 2 or 3 dozen eggs? LOL.... I have them saved, but no new broodies this weekend to use them.  If you are interested I can ship them Monday or Tuesday.

Awesome! I have an entire drawer empty in my cabinet. And 2 more drawers are emptying as I type. I have over 100 eggs in lockdown with the first 6 chicks already out & 5 already in the brooder. You can unload as many eggs on me as you like...lol

Looks like my blue copper marans roo is the daddy of the first 3 blue/green eggs to hatch. All have lightly feathered legs & are obviously not silkie mixes, so that means these babies should be olive eggers...plus, 2 are blue & 1 is black...so pretty good indicator a blue roo was involved. My other blue roo is barred & clean legged. None of my feather legged hens lay blue or green, just cream & chocolate. I love when it's so easy to pick out the baby daddy...lol

 

[fisherlady]

Awesome! I have an entire drawer empty in my cabinet. And 2 more drawers are emptying as I type. I have over 100 eggs in lockdown with the first 6 chicks already out & 5 already in the brooder. You can unload as many eggs on me as you like...lol

Looks like my blue copper marans roo is the daddy of the first 3 blue/green eggs to hatch. All have lightly feathered legs & are obviously not silkie mixes, so that means these babies should be olive eggers...plus, 2 are blue & 1 is black...so pretty good indicator a blue roo was involved. My other blue roo is barred & clean legged. None of my feather legged hens lay blue or green, just cream & chocolate. I love when it's so easy to pick out the baby daddy...lol

PM me your shipping address... It will be a good practice run for me shipping, I have never shipped eggs before, so a short distance will be good.

 

[SilkieSensation]

Awesome! I have an entire drawer empty in my cabinet. And 2 more drawers are emptying as I type. I have over 100 eggs in lockdown with the first 6 chicks already out

PM me your shipping address... It will be a good practice run for me shipping, I have never shipped eggs before, so a short distance will be good.

You're awesome!

 

[chiques chicks]

PM me your shipping address... It will be a good practice run for me shipping, I have never shipped eggs before, so a short distance will be good.

Good luck. The ones I shipped her on Tuesday have gone back and forth between here and Philadelphia for or five times!

 

[SilkieSensation]

PM me your shipping address... It will be a good practice run for me shipping, I have never shipped eggs before, so a short distance will be good.

Good luck. The ones I shipped her on Tuesday have gone back and forth between here and Philadelphia for or five times!

The ones from @Auroradream26 got here in 2 days, so not sure what the problem is with yours. They probably have them totally scrambled by now...grrrrr

 

[emorems0]

Yep....  I used to do it with a large stock pot and simmered the bones and scrap meat and skin for multiple hours, now I use a pressure cooker.

Separate gizzard, liver and heart to be handled in different pot....

Take all other bone, meat and skin scraps and put in pressure cooker with appropriate amount of water, in my 10.5qt cooker I will fill it 2/3 with the scrap and add 10-12 cups water.... allow it to heat until steam begins coming from vent then put weight on it (at 15lbs) and bring it up to pressure, once weight starts 'rattling' I adjust heat to get 2 or 3 rattles a minute and then set timer for 1hr 15 minutes.  Allow to cool slowly with weight left in place, once pressure/temp reading is down then remove weight to vent remaining steam and allow to set for a minute or so before removing lid.

Pull out largest bones and scrap and place in a large bowl, pour rest of liquid through a strainer and set aside (this is the broth)
Boil the hearts, livers and gizzards until well done and drain them off.

Then mix the bone scrap with the organ meat and put it through a grinder (I use a #10 ancient cast iron hand grinder which works perfect for this).  The resulting 'mush' sort of looks like sausage or hamburger, bones practically disintegrate and there aren't (or shouldn't be) any sharp shards left. 
I put the mush in cupcake tins and place in freezer, then after they are froze I pop them out of the tin and store the 'pucks' in a gallon zippy bag in the freezer for small quantity use.... We also frequently pack it in gallon bags as a larger bulk amount for use if we want to mix it into a bowl of seeds and scraps for the flock in the winter.

I frequently use the 'pucks'  as a treat for the dogs, simply microwave it till warm, break it in half, crumble it and put half over each dogs dry food... my dogs love it and my Mom uses it frequently for one of her dogs who has some health issues and she loves it.
Basically instead of waste it becomes a great supplement source of bone meal, protein and collagen.


Edit to add.... I do the organ meat separate because it can give the broth an 'off taste', if you aren't worried about making broth then they can all be done together, though the livers would probably disintegrate in the pressure cooker.

This is what our dog eats as her main dog food. After we roast a chicken all of the remains that we haven't eaten go into the crock pot (a pressure cooker would be so much faster... one day!). Anyway, I let it cook for a day or two until the bones are soft then I take my broth off and just mash it with a potato masher. Our dog prefers to have some chunks.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Erie,pa!!!

Welcome from Bucks County! The exact opposite end of the state!

Awesome! I have an entire drawer empty in my cabinet. And 2 more drawers are emptying as I type. I have over 100 eggs in lockdown with the first 6 chicks already out & 5 already in the brooder. You can unload as many eggs on me as you like...lol

Looks like my blue copper marans roo is the daddy of the first 3 blue/green eggs to hatch. All have lightly feathered legs & are obviously not silkie mixes, so that means these babies should be olive eggers...plus, 2 are blue & 1 is black...so pretty good indicator a blue roo was involved. My other blue roo is barred & clean legged. None of my feather legged hens lay blue or green, just cream & chocolate. I love when it's so easy to pick out the baby daddy...lol

If only it were that simple to pick out the baby daddy in real life!

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Thanks @dheltzel ! New chicks are all asleep!