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Hey everyone!!! :) Been awhile since I've logged on. I've been thinking about you all and wanted to say hi. I've still got Barbs and Bieles. Been thinking of starting a new breed. Pam these Barbs are still crazy as all get out but the hens are such great layers. They layed all through the...

Did you eat the barbs? What did you think of the meat? How well do the Niederrheiners lay? It may be my next breed to check out. My problem is when the birds are too sweet they're more like pets and I have a hard time killing/processing them. :)

Hey Pam been thinking of you lately and thought of PMing just to say hi. Hope you are doing well and that goes for everyone else on the thread. Wow it really died out for awhile. I still have my Bieles and Barbs. The Bieles are such great birds. The Barbs on the other hand are a pain cause...

So sorry to hear this Lakones. Glad ya'll made it out safely. Hope your animals are ok.

Hey Camping. Just want to say congratulations to your success. You've put a lot of time and hard work in your endeavor and it is paying off. I'm glad to have been a witness to you sharing your triumphs. Cody.

That should make things easier.

She makes the broody grunt/ growl and flares out her feathers to me. She's definitely acts p-i-s-s-e-d off. Lol! (The forum censors the word that's hyphenated) :)

Yea. It was their first time to go broody and hatch chicks. The broody girl that turned mean even pecks at me know. When I get close to her (she's off the nest now) she makes the broody sounds and will peck at my feet.

Hey CampingS. :) Hope you and your family have been doing well this summer. Yea. I didn't know it was so touch and go with broodies. Chicken life is brutal! I know now that if I want to be sure chicks have a good chance to make it I better hatch them and raise them in a brooder. Lol!

Well A few weeks ago a let my broodies set their eggs. Let me tell you I've learned a lot watching these crazy birds. The two Bielefelder girls one has turned mean and I think she killed the others single chick. I found no trace of it this morning. I figured she or the rest of the flock ate it...

Hi Chelsie. Welcome. :)

Must be that time of the year if yall's girls are setting to. :)

Hey everyone. :) Wow! This thread sure has been quiet lately. Everyone must me busy doing Summer activities. Hope that's the case and all is well with the group. I've got broody girls piled in the nest boxes, Barbezieux and Bielefelders. Guess they told the others to stop laying and to act...

Yea it was a bit over-cooked. I've never used a roasting bag. Next time I'll roast in a magnalite roaster with the lid on and take it off the last 30 mins. to crisp up the skin.

Update on the Barbezieux dinner. These birds have the darkest meat I've seen on a chicken before. Compared to RiR, BR, and Bielefelder it is the darkest. Has a very strong flavor to it. I can see how some may not like it if they don't like dark meat cuts. I seasoned the carcass well with...

I processed 9 boys and held out 5 for breeder picks. I recorded the live weights. Will post the weights in the Barbezieux thread I started. The birds are in the oven :). Cooking dinner for the folks.

Pam, I finally butchered some of the Barbezieux cockerels. I'm cooking a Barb and a RiR tonight to compare taste.

Lakones they work great. I ordered these. They come with the zip ties and freezer labels. http://poultryshrinkbags.blogspot.com/2011/06/order-poultry-shrink-bags-now.html I cooked two birds last week that had been in the freezer for about a year and they weren't freezer burnt.

Turk that's great. Wow, 500 feet of fence, you should be able to do a lot with that. Looking forward to seeing what you do in the future. :)

Hey Turk :)!. No I haven't hatched any this year. I've been threatening to though. I've started selling eggs and need more girls. I really want to get my breeding program started but it's on hold for a bit. I still have the Barbezieux and Bielefelder's and still need to cull about ten males. If...