Plot Twist Poultry flocks!

[Slothinc]

Love your farm name and am happy to follow along. I havent ever had meat chicks but might try it someday!

 

[PlotTwistPoultry]

Love your farm name and am happy to follow along. I havent ever had meat chicks but might try it someday!

My husband was the one who really wanted the meat chickens and he swore he'd take care of them 100%. Yeah I just took over right away, I figure I'm already taking care of one coop/run, why not just take care of the second one at the same time.

We've figured out a good set up for when we process them. With the Cornish crosses, we didn't bother plucking them and went full skinning which made it a lot faster. With these reds, we'll be plucking then. We're trying out this drill attachment plucker.

I will say I'll be happy to only have one chicken run and coop to manage this time next week.

Edit: and thank you about the farm name! I thought it was pretty cute too.

 

[Slothinc]

My husband was the one who really wanted the meat chickens and he swore he'd take care of them 100%. Yeah I just took over right away, I figure I'm already taking care of one coop/run, why not just take care of the second one at the same time.

We've figured out a good set up for when we process them. With the Cornish crosses, we didn't bother plucking them and went full skinning which made it a lot faster. With these reds, we'll be plucking then. We're trying out this drill attachment plucker.

I will say I'll be happy to only have one chicken run and coop to manage this time next week.

Edit: and thank you about the farm name! I thought it was pretty cute too.

Lol that is so funny that you ended up taking over the meat birds care! I think I would skip the plucking as well, for the first time at least. Just seems easier than sourcing a plucker, and I don’t ever find myself eating chicken skin so I have kind of wondered why it is kept on most of the time

 

[TwoCrows]

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My girls melted into puddles this afternoon. It was amusing to see.

You need to post this photo in the "This chicken is not dead" thread. Fun photos of dust bathing chickens that look dead but aren't. Click here... https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/this-chicken-is-not-dead.1632248/

 

[PlotTwistPoultry]

You need to post this photo in the "This chicken is not dead" thread. Fun photos of dust bathing chickens that look dead but aren't. Click here... https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/this-chicken-is-not-dead.1632248/

Done! Such a great thread

 

[PlotTwistPoultry]

I had to share the one I took just now. Sasha and the chickens are really comfortable with each other. But in this picture, Dot looks SO offended because the second before, Sasha was wagging her tail and got Dot in the face. The stare down was epic.