I got up this mornin'....
 

.... and I knew it was butchering day.

Tally so far is 3 Roosters, bled, plucked and gutted. They'll be marinated
and on the BBQ tonite.

....and one Bobsprit, hooked , landed and I was going to fillet him, but
decided I had enough. So... back in the water he went. :-)

Yesterday I put up one of those Tarp Garages out back to allow me to place
the saws etc..... to do some work on the house renos. The building was
easy... but the floor was a bit of a hassle. I think I might use it as a
boat shelter for next season instead or tarping.

CM

I got up this mornin'....
 

"Capt.Mooron" wrote in message
news:BUOzf.134579$OU5.9368@clgrps13...
... and I knew it was butchering day.

Tally so far is 3 Roosters, bled, plucked and gutted. They'll be marinated
and on the BBQ tonite.

...and one Bobsprit, hooked , landed and I was going to fillet him, but
decided I had enough. So... back in the water he went. :-)

Yesterday I put up one of those Tarp Garages out back to allow me to place
the saws etc..... to do some work on the house renos. The building was
easy... but the floor was a bit of a hassle. I think I might use it as a
boat shelter for next season instead or tarping.

CM

The bubbles fish is a bottom feeder, fatty, usually covered with abnormal
growths, not even good enough looking to mount. Just my 2 cents.

John Cairns

I got up this mornin'....
 

Capt.Mooron wrote:
... and I knew it was butchering day.

Tally so far is 3 Roosters, bled, plucked and gutted. They'll be marinated
and on the BBQ tonite.

...and one Bobsprit, hooked , landed and I was going to fillet him, but
decided I had enough. So... back in the water he went. :-)

Yesterday I put up one of those Tarp Garages out back to allow me to place
the saws etc..... to do some work on the house renos. The building was
easy... but the floor was a bit of a hassle. I think I might use it as a
boat shelter for next season instead or tarping.

CM



You don't let them hang for awhile to age??? Is that why you
marinate, so they won't be tough?
My turkeys dressed out hen/22 lbs, Tom/28lbs. We had Tom for
Christmas...he was excellent...
jad to make stew out of Rasputin, the lead rooster, though, since he
was so athletic his muscles never unbunched....

I got up this mornin'....
 

Capt.Mooron wrote:
... and I knew it was butchering day.

Tally so far is 3 Roosters, bled, plucked and gutted. They'll be marinated
and on the BBQ tonite.

...and one Bobsprit, hooked , landed and I was going to fillet him, but
decided I had enough. So... back in the water he went. :-)

Yesterday I put up one of those Tarp Garages out back to allow me to place
the saws etc..... to do some work on the house renos. The building was
easy... but the floor was a bit of a hassle. I think I might use it as a
boat shelter for next season instead or tarping.

CM


Wow that is amazing, I woke up and choked a chicken too!
I have a picture of my hero the Commodore, and a DVD of brokeback
mountain.
Who could resist!

RB
35s5 Rainbow warrior
NY

I got up this mornin'....
 

And tomorrow you'll be out looking for a new set of China Clippers, you
would be better off eating a hunk of Michelin .

"Capt.Mooron" wrote:

... and I knew it was butchering day.

Tally so far is 3 Roosters, bled, plucked and gutted. They'll be marinated
and on the BBQ tonite.

...and one Bobsprit, hooked , landed and I was going to fillet him, but
decided I had enough. So... back in the water he went. :-)

Yesterday I put up one of those Tarp Garages out back to allow me to place
the saws etc..... to do some work on the house renos. The building was
easy... but the floor was a bit of a hassle. I think I might use it as a
boat shelter for next season instead or tarping.

CM

I got up this mornin'....
 

John Cairns wrote:
"Capt.Mooron" wrote in message
news:BUOzf.134579$OU5.9368@clgrps13...

... and I knew it was butchering day.

Tally so far is 3 Roosters, bled, plucked and gutted. They'll be marinated
and on the BBQ tonite.

...and one Bobsprit, hooked , landed and I was going to fillet him, but
decided I had enough. So... back in the water he went. :-)

Yesterday I put up one of those Tarp Garages out back to allow me to place
the saws etc..... to do some work on the house renos. The building was
easy... but the floor was a bit of a hassle. I think I might use it as a
boat shelter for next season instead or tarping.

CM


The bubbles fish is a bottom feeder, fatty, usually covered with abnormal
growths, not even good enough looking to mount. Just my 2 cents.

John Cairns


Sort of like carp...you cook them on a shingle then throw out the
carp and eat the shingle...

I got up this mornin'....
 

"John Cairns" wrote in message

The bubbles fish is a bottom feeder, fatty, usually covered with abnormal
growths, not even good enough looking to mount. Just my 2 cents.

Suzanne though he was good enough to mount..... and look at the result....
Lil Thomas..... a happy baby boy.

CM

I got up this mornin'....
 

"katy" wrote in message

You don't let them hang for awhile to age??? Is that why you marinate, so
they won't be tough?

Yes.... I'm not a proponent of aging unless I'm certain of the temps the
meat is subjected to. These are year old roosters.... not much for meat but
I won't cull without a purpose.

My turkeys dressed out hen/22 lbs, Tom/28lbs. We had Tom for
Christmas...he was excellent...

My pet Royal Palm Turkey is hand tame and about 15lbs now.

jad to make stew out of Rasputin, the lead rooster, though, since he was
so athletic his muscles never unbunched....

Try a marinade......

CM

I got up this mornin'....
 

"Dry" wrote in message

And tomorrow you'll be out looking for a new set of China Clippers, you
would be better off eating a hunk of Michelin .

Naw Laddie.... bone out the meat and set it to a marinade. It works fine.

CM

I got up this mornin'....
 

Capt.Mooron wrote:
"katy" wrote in message


You don't let them hang for awhile to age??? Is that why you marinate, so
they won't be tough?


Yes.... I'm not a proponent of aging unless I'm certain of the temps the
meat is subjected to. These are year old roosters.... not much for meat but
I won't cull without a purpose.

As long as it's below 45F you're safe


My turkeys dressed out hen/22 lbs, Tom/28lbs. We had Tom for
Christmas...he was excellent...


My pet Royal Palm Turkey is hand tame and about 15lbs now.

Ours were hand tamed and pets, too. Until we ate them.

jad to make stew out of Rasputin, the lead rooster, though, since he was
so athletic his muscles never unbunched....


Try a marinade......

He's already been done and gone...nothing left to marinade....the 5
that I had caged, though, were nice and tender....they would
actually chortle when I fed them towards the end...greedy little
buzzards....

CM

I got up this mornin'....
 

Capt.Mooron wrote:
"Dry" wrote in message

And tomorrow you'll be out looking for a new set of China Clippers, you
would be better off eating a hunk of Michelin .

Naw Laddie.... bone out the meat and set it to a marinade. It works fine.

CM

Why are raising Roosters to eat anywhy?

Let me guess Overproof and lime marinade.

Do you just leave them outside to freeze?

We use to do about 100 white leggerds a year. Clean and package them
all on one day.

Nothing like the smell of the kettle boiling and a big steaming pile of
feathers. That and headless chickens running all over the yard doing
acrobatics made for and interesting spring day. We would raise hens for
the eggs and replace the hens every year. Maybe one rooster to excite
the gals into laying but thats it.

Joe

I got up this mornin'....
 

"Joe" wrote in message
Why are raising Roosters to eat anywhy?

If you have a recipe for having hens lay only eggs with female birds....


Let me guess Overproof and lime marinade.

Nope....


Do you just leave them outside to freeze?

Sheesh.... they have feathers.


We use to do about 100 white leggerds a year. Clean and package them
all on one day.


Then you used either 20 people or an automatic plucker.


Nothing like the smell of the kettle boiling and a big steaming pile of
feathers. That and headless chickens running all over the yard doing
acrobatics made for and interesting spring day. We would raise hens for
the eggs and replace the hens every year. Maybe one rooster to excite
the gals into laying but thats it.

No headless chickens running, I use a cone and a blade... slice the artery,
and drive the blade in behind the eye to scramble the brain... let hang. 30
seconds in 140F water and hand pluck. Eviscerate and lay to a cooling tank.
Hang to dry.
No roosters needed to have hens lay..... it's all a matter of light.

CM

I got up this mornin'....
 

Joe wrote:
Capt.Mooron wrote:

"Dry" wrote in message


And tomorrow you'll be out looking for a new set of China Clippers, you
would be better off eating a hunk of Michelin .

Naw Laddie.... bone out the meat and set it to a marinade. It works fine.

CM


Why are raising Roosters to eat anywhy?

Let me guess Overproof and lime marinade.

Do you just leave them outside to freeze?

We use to do about 100 white leggerds a year. Clean and package them
all on one day.

Nothing like the smell of the kettle boiling and a big steaming pile of
feathers. That and headless chickens running all over the yard doing
acrobatics made for and interesting spring day. We would raise hens for
the eggs and replace the hens every year. Maybe one rooster to excite
the gals into laying but thats it.

Joe

When you buy a chick package, it's much cheaper to get unsexed and
just kill off the roosters at about 6-8 months....
You did your kill off in the spring? Most people I know do that in
October or November so you don't have to winter over and so that
you're not killing off moulting birds...

I got up this mornin'....
 

Capt.Mooron wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message
Why are raising Roosters to eat anywhy?

If you have a recipe for having hens lay only eggs with female birds....


Let me guess Overproof and lime marinade.

Nope....


Do you just leave them outside to freeze?

Sheesh.... they have feathers.


We use to do about 100 white leggerds a year. Clean and package them
all on one day.


Then you used either 20 people or an automatic plucker.

What? Get the water boiling just dunk the bird for a few seconds and
the feathers fall off with ease into a steaming pile , not much pluking
involved. Just 4 of us.


Nothing like the smell of the kettle boiling and a big steaming pile of
feathers. That and headless chickens running all over the yard doing
acrobatics made for and interesting spring day. We would raise hens for
the eggs and replace the hens every year. Maybe one rooster to excite
the gals into laying but thats it.

No headless chickens running, I use a cone and a blade... slice the artery,
and drive the blade in behind the eye to scramble the brain...


Why the dramatics, just Pop the head of with axe, or pipe.


let hang. 30
seconds in 140F water and hand pluck.

Thats your problem the water is not hot enough.

Eviscerate and lay to a cooling tank.
Hang to dry.


No roosters needed to have hens lay..... it's all a matter of light.

Yeah I know, but we still had one most years.

Joe

CM

I got up this mornin'....
 

"katy" wrote in message

When you buy a chick package, it's much cheaper to get unsexed and just
kill off the roosters at about 6-8 months....

That may apply when you buy chicks... but we breed and hatch to suit our
turnover. That's the benifit of a rooster in the flock. We incubate and hand
raise ass the poultry except for mest birds. Then again, meat birds are
generally all male. For the extra roosters in our incubated hatch, I wait
until their plummage comes in and supply the ornate feathers to fly tyers
and whoever is interested.

You did your kill off in the spring? Most people I know do that in
October or November so you don't have to winter over and so that you're
not killing off moulting birds...

My birds moulted in December. Mind you they have a heated Hen House. They
are free ranged for a half day and return to roost at night. Alternately I
have a 12x12 coop attached with metal roof to offer a secure outdoor area.

I have a variety of heritage varieties, including Old English Bantam Game
Birds as well as Guinea fowl.

CM

I got up this mornin'....
 

Joe wrote:
Capt.Mooron wrote:

"Joe" wrote in message

Why are raising Roosters to eat anywhy?

If you have a recipe for having hens lay only eggs with female birds....


Let me guess Overproof and lime marinade.

Nope....


Do you just leave them outside to freeze?

Sheesh.... they have feathers.


We use to do about 100 white leggerds a year. Clean and package them
all on one day.


Then you used either 20 people or an automatic plucker.


What? Get the water boiling just dunk the bird for a few seconds and
the feathers fall off with ease into a steaming pile , not much pluking
involved. Just 4 of us.

Huh???? The feathers don't all just fall out....especially if
you've chased them around or terrorized them or cut off their
heads...Mooron's description does release some of the feathers
because the bird doesn't bunch its' muscles up when it's
killed...plucking 25 chikens in a day without a plucking machine
would be a long, hard days work

Nothing like the smell of the kettle boiling and a big steaming pile of
feathers. That and headless chickens running all over the yard doing
acrobatics made for and interesting spring day. We would raise hens for
the eggs and replace the hens every year. Maybe one rooster to excite
the gals into laying but thats it.

No headless chickens running, I use a cone and a blade... slice the artery,
and drive the blade in behind the eye to scramble the brain...



Why the dramatics, just Pop the head of with axe, or pipe.

because you get better feather release by sticking them...


let hang. 30

seconds in 140F water and hand pluck.


Thats your problem the water is not hot enough.

Eviscerate and lay to a cooling tank.

Hang to dry.



No roosters needed to have hens lay..... it's all a matter of light.


Yeah I know, but we still had one most years.

Joe

CM

I got up this mornin'....
 

Capt.Mooron wrote:
"katy" wrote in message


When you buy a chick package, it's much cheaper to get unsexed and just
kill off the roosters at about 6-8 months....


That may apply when you buy chicks... but we breed and hatch to suit our
turnover. That's the benifit of a rooster in the flock. We incubate and hand
raise ass the poultry except for mest birds. Then again, meat birds are
generally all male. For the extra roosters in our incubated hatch, I wait
until their plummage comes in and supply the ornate feathers to fly tyers
and whoever is interested.


You did your kill off in the spring? Most people I know do that in
October or November so you don't have to winter over and so that you're
not killing off moulting birds...


My birds moulted in December. Mind you they have a heated Hen House. They
are free ranged for a half day and return to roost at night. Alternately I
have a 12x12 coop attached with metal roof to offer a secure outdoor area.

I have a variety of heritage varieties, including Old English Bantam Game
Birds as well as Guinea fowl.

CM


Don't you find the guinea fowl to be dirtier than the others?

I got up this mornin'....
 

Bobsprit's are boney spinless fish--an evolutionary
offshoot that makes no sense and is sure to become
extinct.

"Capt.Mooron" wrote

...and one Bobsprit, hooked , landed and I was going to fillet him, but
decided I had enough. So... back in the water he went. :-)

I got up this mornin'....
 

"Joe" wrote in message

What? Get the water boiling just dunk the bird for a few seconds and
the feathers fall off with ease into a steaming pile , not much pluking
involved. Just 4 of us.

Yeah... Sure they do...... sheesh. Look Joe... get back to me when you ever
pluck anything ... with feathers. First off 140F for a few seconds is not
par boiling the bird... you never use boiling water! Any 4 year old with a
basic idea of animal husbandry knows that much!!!


Why the dramatics, just Pop the head of with axe, or pipe.

Because it's quick, clean and provides the best bleed out. If you want to
handle your food like some third world crack junkie, go ahead. Dramatics are
having a bird run around headless. Have some respect for what you raise and
butcher. Your method might be adequate for some backwoods, inbred, Texan,
redneck, hillbilly, whose daddy never bothered to teach the basics of
farming to..... but it has no business in real life with people who know
what the **** they're doing!

Thats your problem the water is not hot enough.

Your problem... is your city slicker, boys in the hood, we'll kill us a
chicken and pretend we're real country folk attitude totally flies in the
face of reality. You think par boiling is the same as a dip to loosen
feathers???? What about a bird that's swollen from boiling prior to
plucking and then eviserated and left half cooked doesen't ring an alarm
bell about unsanitary and idiotic butchering to you???


Yeah I know, but we still had one most years.

You bought one ... or did you have a magical method to insure only one
rooster every 5 years?

Dang but that rant felt good!!! :-)

CM

I got up this mornin'....
 

A DNA test is in order.

"Capt.Mooron" wrote

"John Cairns" wrote in message

The bubbles fish is a bottom feeder, fatty, usually covered with abnormal
growths, not even good enough looking to mount. Just my 2 cents.

Suzanne though he was good enough to mount..... and look at the
result.... Lil Thomas..... a happy baby boy.

CM

I got up this mornin'....
 

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message

A DNA test is in order.

Oh Jeez... don't be like that Bart. Bob's an okay guy..... he just needs a
challenge to exercise what he believes is his wit. Generally he holds his
own extremely well and single handedly engages attack upon attack with
diligence.

We all have to have a "Bad Guy"... it's not an easy job. Look at CJ ...
totally incapable of defending himself without resorting to cowardly and
distasteful methods. Bob is out there.... he's not hiding. He's like the
"USA" of Bad Guys... and you're acting like a "Canadian".

I truly enjoy engaging Bobsprit. He taxes my wit and gives me pause to
remember my humour. The important thing in life ... is not to take yourself
too seriously.

That be said... I handed him a Severe Thrashing this morning!! It was so
much fun it put me in a good mood all day! :-)

Thanks Bobsprit!

...and Ganz.. I know you're reading this... and you're GAY!

CM

I got up this mornin'....
 

"katy" wrote in message

Don't you find the guinea fowl to be dirtier than the others?

Not at all.... dumber yes. Less Tame... Yup. I'd say they are much cleaner
than chickens. It's the only domestic poultry meat you can safely eat raw.

CM

I got up this mornin'....
 

Who said anything about boiling them? Just dip them long enough for the
feathers loosen, careful not to cook anything. Just because some
snowbound french tree hugger make a 3 step process out of scrambling
brains dont make it any safer cleaner ect. Infact removing the head
completely makes the chicken bleed out faster and better.

If you ever clean more than one chicken every 5 hours get back to me.

Joe

I got up this mornin'....
 

"katy" wrote in message
...
Capt.Mooron wrote:
"katy" wrote in message


When you buy a chick package, it's much cheaper to get unsexed and just
kill off the roosters at about 6-8 months....


That may apply when you buy chicks... but we breed and hatch to suit our
turnover. That's the benifit of a rooster in the flock. We incubate and
hand raise ass the poultry except for mest birds. Then again, meat birds
are generally all male. For the extra roosters in our incubated hatch, I
wait until their plummage comes in and supply the ornate feathers to fly
tyers and whoever is interested.


You did your kill off in the spring? Most people I know do that in
October or November so you don't have to winter over and so that you're
not killing off moulting birds...


My birds moulted in December. Mind you they have a heated Hen House. They
are free ranged for a half day and return to roost at night. Alternately
I have a 12x12 coop attached with metal roof to offer a secure outdoor
area.

I have a variety of heritage varieties, including Old English Bantam Game
Birds as well as Guinea fowl.

CM
Don't you find the guinea fowl to be dirtier than the others?

Dirty guineas?

Bwahahhahahhahhahhahaha

Yer being bad, Katy!

John Cairns

I got up this mornin'....
 

"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...
Who said anything about boiling them? Just dip them long enough for the
feathers loosen, careful not to cook anything. Just because some
snowbound french tree hugger make a 3 step process out of scrambling
brains dont make it any safer cleaner ect. Infact removing the head
completely makes the chicken bleed out faster and better.

Yeah sure Joe.... havin' a bird struggle and tension up makes for good
meat. NOT ... you dimwitted Texan city Slicker! The knife goes in the beak
and with one slice... severs the nervous system and artery... the secondary
cut into the brain is a safety to make sure nothing is emmitted to have the
bird jerk on the hanger or in the cone. When it bleeds out you have much
more tender meat.


If you ever clean more than one chicken every 5 hours get back to me.

If you ever clean even one chicken correctly... write your father. Till
then... stick to what you know... and proper butchering skills ain't it.

CM

I got up this mornin'....
 

See what I mean Mooron... you're stalking me... I don't even have to be
involved in a thread and you absolutely have to spew your vile bs. You're a
very angry person, and I think people besides me are pretty sick of it. You
need to get help.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Capt.Mooron" wrote in message
news:nlWzf.134660$OU5.76395@clgrps13...

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message

A DNA test is in order.

Oh Jeez... don't be like that Bart. Bob's an okay guy..... he just needs
a challenge to exercise what he believes is his wit. Generally he holds
his own extremely well and single handedly engages attack upon attack with
diligence.

We all have to have a "Bad Guy"... it's not an easy job. Look at CJ ...
totally incapable of defending himself without resorting to cowardly and
distasteful methods. Bob is out there.... he's not hiding. He's like the
"USA" of Bad Guys... and you're acting like a "Canadian".

I truly enjoy engaging Bobsprit. He taxes my wit and gives me pause to
remember my humour. The important thing in life ... is not to take
yourself too seriously.

That be said... I handed him a Severe Thrashing this morning!! It was so
much fun it put me in a good mood all day! :-)

Thanks Bobsprit!

..and Ganz.. I know you're reading this... and you're GAY!

CM

I got up this mornin'....
 

OK Mooron, your the man. Chicken man.

Joe

I got up this mornin'....
 

Why kill them?

Let them die a natural death.

You don't have to rip their guts out either - they are already stuffed!

Amen!

"katy" wrote in message
...
Joe wrote:
Capt.Mooron wrote:

"Joe" wrote in message

Why are raising Roosters to eat anywhy?

If you have a recipe for having hens lay only eggs with female birds....


Let me guess Overproof and lime marinade.

Nope....


Do you just leave them outside to freeze?

Sheesh.... they have feathers.


We use to do about 100 white leggerds a year. Clean and package them
all on one day.


Then you used either 20 people or an automatic plucker.


What? Get the water boiling just dunk the bird for a few seconds and
the feathers fall off with ease into a steaming pile , not much pluking
involved. Just 4 of us.

Huh???? The feathers don't all just fall out....especially if you've
chased them around or terrorized them or cut off their heads...Mooron's
description does release some of the feathers because the bird doesn't
bunch its' muscles up when it's killed...plucking 25 chikens in a day
without a plucking machine would be a long, hard days work

Nothing like the smell of the kettle boiling and a big steaming pile of
feathers. That and headless chickens running all over the yard doing
acrobatics made for and interesting spring day. We would raise hens for
the eggs and replace the hens every year. Maybe one rooster to excite
the gals into laying but thats it.

No headless chickens running, I use a cone and a blade... slice the
artery,
and drive the blade in behind the eye to scramble the brain...



Why the dramatics, just Pop the head of with axe, or pipe.

because you get better feather release by sticking them...


let hang. 30

seconds in 140F water and hand pluck.


Thats your problem the water is not hot enough.

Eviscerate and lay to a cooling tank.

Hang to dry.



No roosters needed to have hens lay..... it's all a matter of light.


Yeah I know, but we still had one most years. Joe

CM

I got up this mornin'....
 

"John Cairns" wrote in message
om...

"katy" wrote in message
...
Capt.Mooron wrote:
"katy" wrote in message


When you buy a chick package, it's much cheaper to get unsexed and just
kill off the roosters at about 6-8 months....


That may apply when you buy chicks... but we breed and hatch to suit our
turnover. That's the benifit of a rooster in the flock. We incubate and
hand raise ass the poultry except for mest birds. Then again, meat birds
are generally all male. For the extra roosters in our incubated hatch,
I wait until their plummage comes in and supply the ornate feathers to
fly tyers and whoever is interested.


You did your kill off in the spring? Most people I know do that in
October or November so you don't have to winter over and so that you're
not killing off moulting birds...


My birds moulted in December. Mind you they have a heated Hen House.
They are free ranged for a half day and return to roost at night.
Alternately I have a 12x12 coop attached with metal roof to offer a
secure outdoor area.

I have a variety of heritage varieties, including Old English Bantam
Game Birds as well as Guinea fowl.

CM
Don't you find the guinea fowl to be dirtier than the others?

Dirty guineas?

Bwahahhahahhahhahhahaha

Yer being bad, Katy!

John Cairns

They are also very greasy.

I got up this mornin'....
 

"katy" wrote:
Capt.Mooron wrote:
... and I knew it was butchering day.


... make stew out of Rasputin, the lead rooster, though,
since he was so athletic his muscles never unbunched....

Was he tough to kill?

Seahag

I got up this mornin'....
 

"Capt.Mooron" wrote:
That may apply when you buy chicks... We incubate and hand
ass the poultry except for mest birds...

This is just so disturbing in so many ways...

Seahag

I got up this mornin'....
 

Ganz...you're "Stalking" ....Again!

CM

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
...
See what I mean Mooron... you're stalking me... I don't even have to be
involved in a thread and you absolutely have to spew your vile bs. You're
a very angry person, and I think people besides me are pretty sick of it.
You need to get help.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Capt.Mooron" wrote in message
news:nlWzf.134660$OU5.76395@clgrps13...

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message

A DNA test is in order.

Oh Jeez... don't be like that Bart. Bob's an okay guy..... he just needs
a challenge to exercise what he believes is his wit. Generally he holds
his own extremely well and single handedly engages attack upon attack
with diligence.

We all have to have a "Bad Guy"... it's not an easy job. Look at CJ ...
totally incapable of defending himself without resorting to cowardly and
distasteful methods. Bob is out there.... he's not hiding. He's like the
"USA" of Bad Guys... and you're acting like a "Canadian".

I truly enjoy engaging Bobsprit. He taxes my wit and gives me pause to
remember my humour. The important thing in life ... is not to take
yourself too seriously.

That be said... I handed him a Severe Thrashing this morning!! It was so
much fun it put me in a good mood all day! :-)

Thanks Bobsprit!

..and Ganz.. I know you're reading this... and you're GAY!

CM

I got up this mornin'....
 

No fair... it was it was written in my best Katy Speak

CM

"Seahag" wrote in message
...

"Capt.Mooron" wrote:
That may apply when you buy chicks... We incubate and hand ass the
poultry except for mest birds...

This is just so disturbing in so many ways...

Seahag

I got up this mornin'....
 

Humph, she _has_ been very absent I suppose...

Seahag

"Capt.Mooron" wrote:
No fair... it was it was written in my best Katy Speak

CM

"Seahag" wrote:

"Capt.Mooron" wrote:
That may apply when you buy chicks... We incubate and
hand ass the poultry except for mest birds...

This is just so disturbing in so many ways...

Seahag

I got up this mornin'....
 

Capt.Mooron wrote:
"katy" wrote in message


Don't you find the guinea fowl to be dirtier than the others?


Not at all.... dumber yes. Less Tame... Yup. I'd say they are much cleaner
than chickens. It's the only domestic poultry meat you can safely eat raw.

CM


nope....don't do raw poultry no matter where it came from....that's
aksing for trouble....raw steak, OTOH....

I got up this mornin'....
 

John Cairns wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
...

Capt.Mooron wrote:

"katy" wrote in message



When you buy a chick package, it's much cheaper to get unsexed and just
kill off the roosters at about 6-8 months....


That may apply when you buy chicks... but we breed and hatch to suit our
turnover. That's the benifit of a rooster in the flock. We incubate and
hand raise ass the poultry except for mest birds. Then again, meat birds
are generally all male. For the extra roosters in our incubated hatch, I
wait until their plummage comes in and supply the ornate feathers to fly
tyers and whoever is interested.



You did your kill off in the spring? Most people I know do that in
October or November so you don't have to winter over and so that you're
not killing off moulting birds...


My birds moulted in December. Mind you they have a heated Hen House. They
are free ranged for a half day and return to roost at night. Alternately
I have a 12x12 coop attached with metal roof to offer a secure outdoor
area.

I have a variety of heritage varieties, including Old English Bantam Game
Birds as well as Guinea fowl.

CM

Don't you find the guinea fowl to be dirtier than the others?


Dirty guineas?

Bwahahhahahhahhahhahaha

Yer being bad, Katy!

John Cairns


No....that hadn't even crossed my mind....it's yer mind bein naughty
there, John...

I got up this mornin'....
 

Bob Crantz wrote:
Why kill them?

Let them die a natural death.

You don't have to rip their guts out either - they are already stuffed!

Amen!

"katy" wrote in message
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Joe wrote:

Capt.Mooron wrote:


"Joe" wrote in message


Why are raising Roosters to eat anywhy?

If you have a recipe for having hens lay only eggs with female birds....



Let me guess Overproof and lime marinade.

Nope....



Do you just leave them outside to freeze?

Sheesh.... they have feathers.



We use to do about 100 white leggerds a year. Clean and package them
all on one day.


Then you used either 20 people or an automatic plucker.


What? Get the water boiling just dunk the bird for a few seconds and
the feathers fall off with ease into a steaming pile , not much pluking
involved. Just 4 of us.


Huh???? The feathers don't all just fall out....especially if you've
chased them around or terrorized them or cut off their heads...Mooron's
description does release some of the feathers because the bird doesn't
bunch its' muscles up when it's killed...plucking 25 chikens in a day
without a plucking machine would be a long, hard days work


Nothing like the smell of the kettle boiling and a big steaming pile of
feathers. That and headless chickens running all over the yard doing
acrobatics made for and interesting spring day. We would raise hens for
the eggs and replace the hens every year. Maybe one rooster to excite
the gals into laying but thats it.

No headless chickens running, I use a cone and a blade... slice the
artery,
and drive the blade in behind the eye to scramble the brain...



Why the dramatics, just Pop the head of with axe, or pipe.

because you get better feather release by sticking them...


let hang. 30


seconds in 140F water and hand pluck.


Thats your problem the water is not hot enough.

Eviscerate and lay to a cooling tank.


Hang to dry.



No roosters needed to have hens lay..... it's all a matter of light.


Yeah I know, but we still had one most years. Joe


CM


I suppose you're a great proponent of road kill, too?

I got up this mornin'....
 

Seahag wrote:
"katy" wrote:

Capt.Mooron wrote:

... and I knew it was butchering day.



... make stew out of Rasputin, the lead rooster, though,
since he was so athletic his muscles never unbunched....


Was he tough to kill?

Seahag


Heather did him in in a pique of anger when he went after her one
day....caught him with the fish net, ties him to the pear tree, and
slit his throat...she'd been threatening to do it every time he
raked her but he was so good with the hens I just let him
alone...once you have hold of them, all the fight goes out...they're
only brave if they're free...

I got up this mornin'....
 

Seahag wrote:
"Capt.Mooron" wrote:

That may apply when you buy chicks... We incubate and hand
ass the poultry except for mest birds...


This is just so disturbing in so many ways...

Seahag


I didn't want to comment on the remark because I really didn't want
to know....

I got up this mornin'....
 

He just hand asses his Mest. Whats wrong with that?

Joe