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    Beilefelders and first time in 30 years questions!

    thank you! very helpful! So I am thinking for my first attempt 5 is a good number. Likely over a few days. Just to stick my feet in and get a feel so I can then figure out what is best to do.
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    Beilefelders and first time in 30 years questions!

    yup, have a spare fridge! Yes, I did not even think of doing more then one at a time start to finish! I was kind of thinking of doing all the boys on one day before they started to get noisy and letting the girls get a bit bigger, doing them a few weeks later.
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    Beilefelders and first time in 30 years questions!

    I do have a bolt gun to stun them before I cut their throats. I prefer to use a scalpel, I am comfortable with them. My dad used a sharp hatchet. Yes, I was thinking of using my giant stock pot and bbq side burner with digital meat thermometer to scald starting out. My youngest is too young...
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    Beilefelders and first time in 30 years questions!

    lol in my house i bake/roast everything save eggs! I traditionally roast a whole bird for Sunday supper, then we get 3-4 meals over the following week. Mine are show quality stock imported from germany at great time and expense. I figured if I was going to do it, I was going to do it right...
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    Beilefelders and first time in 30 years questions!

    So when I was a kid, we raised standard meat monsters. Flash forward a few decades, I am a single mom who decided to get beilefelders as a friendly dual purpose breed for my kids. Plus, as they are sexable as chicks, I figured I could cover some of my costs by selling on female chicks and keep...
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