The Old Folks Home

[ozexpat]

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

 

[insanity]

I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places.
He told me to quit going to those places.

lol

Please make sure you quarantine them first.

I get them thursday and they go to the sunroom first. How long do I keep them in issolation?

 

[RedPulletMama]

I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places.
He told me to quit going to those places.

 

[dsqard]

Oz you are killing me!
Arielle, I just figured you were saving the salt for your driveway instead of cooking with it

 

[dsqard]

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I get them thursday and they go to the sunroom first. How long do I keep them in issolation?

I know most people won't wait this long but 30 days really is best. If you don't want to wait that long, I would put one of your chickens in with the new comers and see if it gets sick.

 

[insanity]

I know most people won't wait this long but 30 days really is best. If you don't want to wait that long, I would put one of your chickens in with the new comers and see if it gets sick.

30 days is a long time. 2 weeks is about as long as I can get away with(hubby hates chickens in the house), Larry the useless roo would work as a test subject. He didn't do his job protecting the girls anyway.Thanks.

 

[ozexpat]

My father in law "borrowed" two of my roos. They are now in a former pig pen for 21 days. I cant afford to get wiped out.

 

[chickadoodles]

How long do I have to waste eggs from treating with Tylan 50 for 5 days?

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Scg, The rooster we put in freezer camp, I did not put it in the fridg for 2 days first. Does that mean we should not eat it?

You can take it out of the freezer and let it rest for 2 days in the fridge. I would not advocate throwing something out! You can always cook it right away after you process it and before rigor sets in. I have found, however, that I'm slow enough that rigor has always set in by the time I get done with the group. I never just do one at a time. There's also ways of cooking (Thanks, Ron!) slowly that will make even an old bird tender. We made Coq Au Vin with my old turken roo. I'm still sad about him, but he was delicious.

I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places.
He told me to quit going to those places.

Reminds me of Ron White - I wasn't drunk in public until you threw me out of the bar.

Oz you are killing me!

Arielle, I just figured you were saving the salt for your driveway instead of cooking with it

Those of us up north are already thinking about winter. Don't laugh at us. The snowblowers were out at Sears at the end of August. Our predicted low tonight is 38.

Anyone want to bet on our first snowfall? Last year it was early October.

 

[Arielle]

Quote: I quarentine for 6 weeks. Really. I rarely buy stock. Remember to deworm a couple times during quarentine for internal and exteral parasites. Good job geting these girls. I like that my girls owe me nothing at that age and as they can forage a bit and still produce nice large eggs, I"m good. People forget that first year pullets lay every day, but the eggs are, well, pullet eggs. After first molt the eggs generally get bigger and the laying slows down to accomodate that.