Re: Poultry in the Parlor

That's the best thing to do with them--put them in the freezer. They make good soup, stew, and stock. 

On Jan 13, 2009, at 6:20 PM, andreah wrote:
OK, nobody yell at me when I ask this question. Can't you maybe cook the roosters? or sell them! I know NOTHING about chicken raising. I do know that my Great Aunt Sybil made their rooster into a stew after he spurred me but I was too young to remember that ordeal. I've just been told that story. So, if that is an option I say hatch away! LOL! 
A

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Bell" <justjess01@gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Poultry in the Parlor
OMG...I can SO relate. Last year I raised TWO batches of chicks in my laundry room. And now - somebody stop me - I'm ready to do another batch this spring because I need more egg layers. I have 8 hens and I have so many orders for eggs that I can't keep up with it all. People want farm, fresh eggs and word got around at my job that I have them. I can barely keep enough for myself! (I have become the "Egg Pimp") The problem with this is that I have no idea how many hens will hatch, and how many roosters. I don't NEED anymore roosters. "Mr. Mojo" is a handful and I have to put him in his place on a weekly basis. He doesn't like anybody in there with his "women" and he'll come running at me. I bop him on the head and go on about my business of feeding - but he tries it again a week later. Goofy rooster. It's expensive to drive to a hatchery to buy pullets - and not sure it's really worth it. One of my young hens is turning into a "brooder" 
so I know she'll sit on some eggs if I let her.  To hatch, or not to
hatch...that is the question of the day.


On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 7:52 PM, andreah <andreah@hargray.com> wrote:
that was absolutely hilarious! I added her to my homepage so I can read 
other posts. Thanks for sharing!
A

----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Dickson" <
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Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 1:52 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Poultry in the Parlor



This is my step sister in law... she is a master gardener in Tx....

wonderful
writer.  I hope some of you find time to read her things.
Just had to share.... knew so many of you would relate!
Tricia

--- On Tue, 1/13/09, Suzanne


Hey, Everybody,
I wanted to let you know that I have another chicken blog post online 
(along
with some other things).  Here's the link:
http://www.findfarmcredit.com/farm-credit-bank-blog.aspx? blog_id=100 I don't want to bombard you with all this stuff, so if you want to be 
notified
when a new post goes live, you can subscribe on the website. There's a 
little
Subscribe button to the right of the post that will walk you through doing 
that.

Hope everybody is happy and  well.

Love, Suzy

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