Processing Day Support Group ~ HELP us through the Emotions PLEASE!

[Tomtommom]

IMO-- if you are stil getting 1 day that is good enough to keep them. As long as the children are safe. THey will make a nice meal when they are roasted. WHere did you get such nice birds???

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It's a real grab bag what you get from them. They had no clue what they were when I got them. They told me 'sex-link' .. not red, not black, just sex-link. They're partridge rocks with attitudes

You can barely see her legs through the fluff

 

[LindaB220]

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It's a real grab bag what you get from them. They had no clue what they were when I got them. They told me 'sex-link' .. not red, not black, just sex-link. They're partridge rocks with attitudes

You can barely see her legs through the fluff

The short legs look like ISA Brown.

 

[Penny Hen]

The short legs look like ISA Brown.

Given their attitudes maybe you should refer to them a DIVA Browns.

 

[Arielle]

Quote: She is a NICE looking bird!!!!

ISA's are supposed to be top notch layers. Too bad about TSC-- I have heard that over and over again. NOT that hard to knwo what birds were ordered-- if from a reputable source.

 

[Tomtommom]

She's a partridge rock. Took us a while to figure it out, but she's certainly one. Pretty bird, too fat for her own good though... they walk like they're too heavy. Good layer. Crappy personality.

 

[BCMaraniac]

She's a partridge rock. Took us a while to figure it out, but she's certainly one. Pretty bird, too fat for her own good though... they walk like they're too heavy. Good layer. Crappy personality.

We had partridge rocks at our TSC this year in TN......but they were labeled.....I didn't get any though.....I had too many in the incubator....lol.

 

[Tomtommom]

Yeah, I waited quite a while with chicks this year.. Just nothing I really wanted. I settled for a few barred and white rocks.

 

[Arielle]

When I stopped by our new TSC yesterday , I did not hear any chicks. I really wanted to see if they were mislabeled.

 

[costello]

I hope I'm not too late to get some support here - although I'm not sure what anyone can say.

I'm not sure I can make myself slaughter this rooster, but he has got to go. He's becoming troublesome.

I think I know what to do after watching some youtube videos. I have a very sharp knife ready. I can't seem to make myself do it.

I've been raising chickens for a bit over a year now, and I really love it. I hope it'll be a hobby for the rest of my life - including hatching eggs. I'm going to have to find a way to deal with the extra roosters (and older hens). I've been thinking about this for a year, and it just makes the most sense for me to dispatch them myself.

This is one of the videos I've watched - the one with the method I want to use:

I don't have a cone. Will the holding in the lap thing be a really bad idea?

 

[costello]

Originally Posted by Sally Sunshine
OMG DH botched the first old roo, I could have booted him! I ended up having to do it, what a scene! He slit the throat, NOT, he only slit the skin a bit way down his neck! I was telling him he didnt do it right (BAD MOVE FOR ANY WOMAN RIGHT?) the roo was simply dripping blood, staring at me, very obviously not even close to dying and I refused to stand by for his ego and watch my two year old roo go through his ignorance!
This is my fear - that I'll cock it up badly. And I won't have Sally Sunshine here to rescue me. Btw, this link is broken: "This site has a video CLOSE UP of Slicing the two arteries..... http://www.hsa.org.uk/POULTRY WEBSITE/Poultry Slaughter Project/PSPSite/Neck Cutting.htm"