Virginia

[mabelino]

Anybody in/near Roanoke interested in a free Plymouth Rock Roo? He's almost 20 weeks and started being agressive to our young kids/dogs. He even attacks me when I try to feed them. Oy!

 

[ki4got]

Anybody in/near Roanoke interested in a free Plymouth Rock Roo? He's almost 20 weeks and started being agressive to our young kids/dogs. He even attacks me when I try to feed them. Oy!

aggressive roos have only one purpose. dumplings. ok maybe 2. pot pie. ok ok they have several purposes, but it all boils down to... well boiling down. yup that's one of em... but basically he goes in the fridge.

sorry.

 

[mabelino]

aggressive roos have only one purpose. dumplings. ok maybe 2. pot pie. ok ok they have several purposes, but it all boils down to... well boiling down. yup that's one of em... but basically he goes in the fridge.

sorry.

Oh yeah, I totally agree. But these are our first chickens and we have no idea how to...get him on the table lol. We tried to ask around first how to get him processed with no luck! Any suggestions with that are great, too! He sure looks meaty

 

[HaplessRunner]

Oh, gosh. well at least you got the friggin thing. we have something preying on our chickens mid afternoon...I think maybe a fox? 2 days ago Mongo lost the feathers on his back and one of his girls has a couple of puncture wounds and the other one is gone. and whatever it is is still out there!!! we have lost over a half-dozen chickens in the past month with no idea what to do about it.


Sorry about the no sleep thing. I love sleep. I hope your girl pulls through.

I live on top of a hill in what used to be a hay field. I use electric netting around my coop area for the last year. I also use the Nite Guard red led solar powered flashers. The research indicates that when a predictor sees the flashing red led, it believes that something has spotted them and they avoid the area. While I cannot vouch for the effectiveness of this claim, I can say that I have not lost a single chicken since I installed the netting and flashers in June 2012.

 

[HaplessRunner]

Oh yeah, I totally agree. But these are our first chickens and we have no idea how to...get him on the table lol. We tried to ask around first how to get him processed with no luck! Any suggestions with that are great, too! He sure looks meaty

I think if you go to U Tube, you will find quite a number of videos that provide detailed instructions for processing chickens for the table.

 

[pysankigirl]

I think there would be a huge market for someone who'd be willing to process excess Roosters for backyard chicken owners. seriously. with the resurgence of interest in owning chickens for eggs but not necessarily wanting to go as far as processing....it would be such a relief to a lot of people. and if they could just take an already processed one when they dropped theirs off then they could tell the kids that it wasn't "big red" that they are eating without lying.

 

[pysankigirl]

Oh, and we picked up a livestock guardian puppy yesterday!!! a Karakachan/Pyr cross that we named Quigley. he will take over for Booga as the front yard guardian and hopefully be a bit more energetic about it.. Booga is getting up there and is going (gone?) deaf so he's not terribly effective.

 

[jmarie]

I know at our williamsburg TSC one of the ladies there will take all roosters to send to freezer camp. It is not hard to do yourself, just make sure your knife is sharp.

 

[mabelino]

I agree!!

 

[jmarie]

mabelino where do you live?
If you want to learn how to process many local farms will let you come out to experience it. I know people and farms for the tidewater area, there are others on here who can give you help if you are closer to them.
J