The Middle Tennessee Thread

[cpegram]

Okey dokey. .. Not sure who is keeping the list updated, but here ya go...

Red Ridge
Red Ridge Farm in East TN (Kingston)

Rhode Island Reds (Standard bred Rose Comb)
& Rhodebars (foundation and improved genetics)

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I wont be at Dickson we are shorthanded at work and so it's difficult to get a Sat off...on the other hand I had my Great Pyrenees had her puppies yesterday...unfortunately it was my first time w/ puppies and her first....the labor lasted 15hrs and the last 4 were stillborn and she crushed a few

so we have 5 but she is managing well with them

 

[RedRidge]

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[retiredwithchicks]

We are having the same dilemma, exacerbated by the fact that we will have a 6 and 7 year old with us and will have to occasionally stop by the kiddo tent to milk a cow or something. My wife wants to do a lot of the cooking and food preservation classes. I want to do more of the homesteading. I think she is going to pass on the chicken butchering class which I think will be my first of the day. Yummy.

I am thinking of doing the chicken butchering also. I have done it but would like to see how they cut them up. I have done it all but cut them up, mom does that. I need to learn how to do that part.too.

 

[RedRidge]

We butcher twice a year and own a large chicken plucker. We rent it to other folks all over TN. Sometimes folks come and watch us butcher to learn how before they rent it to do there own.
We have already had our spring butcher day so won't be doing it again until fall but we do keep a sign up calendar for renting the plucker of anyone needs one. We are in Kingston

 

[Lots A Cluckin]

Quote: No lol I bought hatching eggs and this little one was the only one that hatched so it is worth about $70 LOL

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Quote: GASP!!! You have GP puppies?!!! Cuteness!!

 

[Wasson6Pack]

The lewisburg auction is every Saturday I am gonna bring a trio of my silver sebrights in May and see what they do. I have about 23 of them that are 6 weeks old the Roos combs are turning red now and it looks like I will have 4 to 5 Roos out of that batch.

Are they bantam?

 

[Wasson6Pack]

I built a ghetto fabulous Candler out of an oatmeal can tonight and we candled the eggs under our little silkie. It looked like we were 6/6 on day 14. We also had one extra from our school project that we had gone ahead and stuck under our cochin that was broody also. It was so cool to see the little arteries in that one (day 4).

I would love to see a picture of the Candler if you have one.

 

[RedPulletMama]

This is crazy, but the more I look at them, the more I want a blue laced red Wyandotte!! Wish I could afford a good quality pullet :/ IMO they are the most beautiful birds.

 

[cpegram]

GASP!!! You have GP puppies?!!! Cuteness!!

um...yeah...was a surprise to me till about a week ago when I was wondering why her belly was swollen... had a GP male hanging around a couple months ago had to call paws to pick him up...now I know why he was here LOL....