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Trace
True Blue Farmgirl
247 Posts
Tracey
Canton
New York
USA
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 Posted - Sep 06 2007 : 11:08:42 AM
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Just picked up my broilers(not pets) but it is sure hard not to coo at the little cuties, which we have dubbed McNuggets.
One more step closer to being self substained.
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Brew Crew
True Blue Farmgirl
676 Posts
Molly
Arizona
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Posted - Sep 06 2007 : 1:13:08 PM
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How exciting! Raising my own chicken to eat is on my list for sure. I can't wait to hear how it goes for you. Love the nic-name.
"There is a Happy Dale far, far away. . ." -Arsenic and Old Lace |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4206 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4206 Posts |
Posted - Sep 06 2007 : 1:53:49 PM
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Good luck with the new chicks. They will have a good like that is for sure.
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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Trace
True Blue Farmgirl
247 Posts
Tracey
Canton
New York
USA
247 Posts |
Posted - Sep 06 2007 : 3:59:35 PM
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Thanks girls. I'll keep ya posted on how things go. Count down and it is 6 weeks and 6 days til lights out for mama's chicken'n dumplings.
It was kinda funny today after school when my son showed the chicks to his friend that I babysit after school. She was cooing over the fuzzy little cuties and he said very matter of factly, "That's dinner", lol
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SheilaC
True Blue Farmgirl
1948 Posts
Sheila
Vermont
USA
1948 Posts |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 8:19:41 PM
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| We're getting ours next week. This will be our first time with meat chickens. We have 9 laying hens right now. I think the kids will be okay with the idea--we had one rooster that we accidentally got when we got our layers (I'll grant them that at one day old, one out of 10 is pretty good!) and they were fine with eating him (incidentally his name was Dinner). I don't think we'll name these though. |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4206 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4206 Posts |
Posted - Sep 08 2007 : 04:28:44 AM
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Our boys were always understood the idea of why we were raising the chicks or beef. I have gotten more soft hearted as I have gotten older!! But I deal with it. I always felt sorry for the broilers, cause they got so big so fast, but they sure are good eating!!
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katie-ell
True Blue Farmgirl
1818 Posts
Katie
Illinois
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Posted - Sep 08 2007 : 04:44:01 AM
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Oooo, look at the litte chickies! I don't think I could raise meat chickens. Well, maybe after they get bigger and less cute, I'd be OK with it, but aren't the little ones just soo adorable!
City Farmgirl, Katie
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EmmJay
True Blue Farmgirl
352 Posts
Mary Jane
Amherst
Nova Scotia
Canada
352 Posts |
Posted - Sep 08 2007 : 2:52:09 PM
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They are only cute for a little while....then.....YUMM!
We just butchered 25 of ours, and will be doing the others very soon. We bought two batches, so that we did not have to do all the work at the same time....again.....YUMM!
"Thank GOD I'm a country girl"
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Trace
True Blue Farmgirl
247 Posts
Tracey
Canton
New York
USA
247 Posts |
Posted - Sep 08 2007 : 6:15:06 PM
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Mary Jane, I'm with you, cute wears off once the feathers start to form, lol. Already these "yummies" are getting wing feathers.
Next year, I plan to order an early spring batch of meat chicks when I order my layers and then order meat chicks again for a fall batch. It's an important learning tool for me as a mom to teach my son "how food becomes food" it's very easy to take for granted the supermarket will provide for you.
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