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    Feeding Chicken to Cats?

    I'm curious if anyone here has made home-made cat food out of old, non-productive chickens. My problem is that I eat very little meat, and the rest of my family probably won't be enthusiastic about eating homegrown meat. But my cats have never turned down meat before, so this seems like an...
  2. Bullitt

    Using a Chicken Plucking Machine

    I saw this video on YouTube of a family in New Hampshire that has a channel called Lumnah Acres. I was surprised at how fast this plucking machine cleans the feathers off a chicken. The guy is cleaning Barred Plymouth Rock chickens he raised for meat. I think the White Plymouth Rock is bred...
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  3. beneduck14

    COBB 500 BROILER CHICKS! (VA)

    HEALTHY COBB 500 BROILER CHICKS FOR SALE! -$3/chick ( discount for multiple) -Hard to find locally and in small quantities -ACTUAL pure strain, eggs donated by Wincorp -Harvest as soon as 4 weeks! -THESE ARE NOT PETS. So give them the best time of their lives before they go in the freezer :)...
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    How old should heritage breeds to butcher?

    I am trying to gather information before I decide which breed to use for meat. I was thinking of a dual purpose or a meat chicken that is slow to mature, how old are these chickens when they are ready to butcher? Also I butchered some 8mo chickens and they were not so good, stringy an tough. Do...
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    Meat from my chics taste terrible

    I really need your help since my meat is almost uneatable. I've slaughtered and eviscerating many of our chickens by know, maybe around 50. But sometimes, unfortunately quite often, the meat tastes terribly. I've been studying how to eviscerate and cut chickens and I never make a hole in gut or...
  6. Meaty Coop

    Meaty Coop

    I have transformed an old swing set into a coop for my meat chickens. The frame is enclosed by chicken wire, and the whole pen will be within an electric fenced area to keep predators out. The tarp will be placed over the top and the whole side facing the picture. It is almost 8 feet square, and...
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