I have a persistent Red Fox the last week. First time I have seen one in years. Not sure what I'm going to do about it. Last week I found 5 feather piles from 4 birds. 3 hens were ok. One old lame rooster I thought was dead but severely injured . I was blaming coyotes, now I'm thinking fox.
BB usually harvest starting at 16 wks. Depends on how big your oven pans are. People have had a 50lb dressed jake by thanksgiving.
They are like CX and have leg and heart problems if kept too long. Turkey or Gamebird starter is needed to help prevent slip tendon. They need higher amounts of...
My parents traveled in trailer when my dad retired for many years. Dad spent the day fishing and talking to other camps. Mom was into reading books, watching soaps and walking trails.
They spent summers in Oregon and winters in southern Texas. Until it got to be too much.
Had 4 ft electric fences for horses in the 60s and now I had e poultry net. deer go over both. when the ground is dry or snow packed animals don't get shocked. The snow is a good insulator.
Goat I had was at a couple of close to authentic Mexican restaurants . It was stronger taste than lamb...
I thought about goats to eat the poison ivy. I like goat meat...then I seen a bottle baby in the office when I picked up feed...the sweetest thing... I have trouble harvesting turkeys, ... No way goats would make it to the freezer 😂
Yeah it's sad when accidents happen.
I had a cockerel who's back got broken by his best friend, a BBB turkey.
I felt bad for him but the next day I figured he wouldn't recover. Where the hips connect to the spine was broken. He tasted good though, so did his best friend.