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[HighStreetCoop]

Do what my husband 'plans' to do... Hatch 40-50 eggs next year and raise them for meat... Those Roos make yummy dinners...

I don't have room for the kind of numbers that would allow me the mental space to eat birds I raised. And frankly, it seems a shame to eat such expensive birds if someone has room in their flock.

 

[lyford]

I have 3 windows and an 8inch x 7 ft vent at the top of the coops front and back walls. Vader that is a nice big coop, the girls will love it!

 

[vader]

You too. Not sure where your from, but we get pretty cold winters in ny. Thinking of insulating the coop

 

[TJordan]

I don't have room for the kind of numbers that would allow me the mental space to eat birds I raised. And frankly, it seems a shame to eat such expensive birds if someone has room in their flock.

I understand... We plan on hatching eggs to replenish our flock... Maybe building it up a little .... But 40-50 meat birds are the plan for next year so that we can supply our meat and maybe help a few tight cashed family members as well... I'm thinking of giving a few egg birds next year to my mom, mother-n-law and my grandmother... My aunt has exspressed interest as well once she tasted our yard eggs last week... ...

 

[TJordan]

You too. Not sure where your from, but we get pretty cold winters in ny. Thinking of insulating the coop

The insulation might be harmful... Try adding a heat lamp with a few stones to hold the heat under or near the lamp... Just make sure you put a screen over both so the birds don't burn their wings or feet...

 

[HighStreetCoop]

I understand... We plan on hatching eggs to replenish our flock... Maybe building it up a little .... But 40-50 meat birds are the plan for next year so that we can supply our meat and maybe help a few tight cashed family members as well... I'm thinking of giving a few egg birds next year to my mom, mother-n-law and my grandmother... My aunt has exspressed interest as well once she tasted our yard eggs last week... ...

My BFF (who lives around the corner) is totally up for culling and processing. And I can see raising chickens for her next summer when mine are broody and laying. It's just the first group of hand raised ones I'm squeamish about (which I know is ridiculous for someone raised on a commune, LOL!).

 

[TJordan]

My BFF (who lives around the corner) is totally up for culling and processing. And I can see raising chickens for her next summer when mine are broody and laying. It's just the first groul of handraised ones I'm squeamish about (which I know is ridiculous for someone raised on a commune, LOL!).

Lol... Tell me about it.. I've hunted all my life and up until very recently I worked as a certified meat cutter... Not sure how I feel about wringing a neck, but the cleaning, gutting and processing

no problem...

 

[Sylvester017]

Do what my husband 'plans' to do... Hatch 40-50 eggs next year and raise them for meat... Those Roos make yummy dinners...

Quote:
It's difficult for us backyard chicken owners to think of eating our birds that we've named and made into pets but being from a farm I saw it all the time - surplus males were always headed for the freezer - bullocks, drakes, toms, roos, rams, etc. You just don't need a surplus of males no matter how expensive they are. They were either sold for someone else's dinner table or you kept them for your own freezer. Unless you got good money for a bullock you usually kept him for your own table. Giving away the males to "good homes" is rare and most new owners use them as table meat anyway so you might as well keep them for your own table. If roos weren't promiscuous and just mated with one hen for life there would be less of a practice to butcher them. Some bird species mate for life but unfortunately for the rooster that is not the case and most fight like bloody wrestlers if you keep more than a couple in a flock. So sad but just the facts of life.

 

[vehve]

Quote: Just a quick comment, properly installed insulation wont be harmful, a heat lamp on the other hand might, since it's a fire hazard. There seems to be a misconception in this thread about insulation and ventilation being opposite things. Insulation is supposed to slow down changes in heat, and deal with drafts, while ventilation is something that supplies the coop with fresh air. Everyone needs to decide on their own if they wish to go through with the hassle of installing insulation, and it's a good idea to study some building codes before doing that so that you don't create a place for rodents and mold to thrive in your walls, but I have a hard time understanding it when people claim that an insulated coop would somehow be harmful to the chickens.

 

[vader]

The insulation might be harmful... Try adding a heat lamp with a few stones to hold the heat under or near the lamp... Just make sure you put a screen over both so the birds don't burn their wings or feet...

The insulation will be behind sheetrock walls. No way for them.to get to.it