
And how many eggs should a chicken lay each day?
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We have found that hanging the hen by the legs with the head down calms them. They don't struggle at all. Then a quick cut with a sharp knife while holding the head severs the head.
Great topics, my first time having chickens. I have 7. Really enjoy them.
I use a cone. I put them in there, and let them relax. Then I cut the neck off. Let the blood drain on a bucket. It is wonderful for the garden. I think that if they have time to relax, it makes the meat more tender.
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When you indicated there would be flapping when you chop a chickens head off is kind of an understatement. That bird is going to go crazy and holding it by its feet is going to get you covered in blood. I've seen chickens flapping on the ground and just stood back until it calmed down.
Cut the corner out of a plastic shopping bag and slip the chickens head through so that its body is firmly in the bag. Tie it off and finish the business. You can hold the chicken now and let it bleed out without getting covered.
Why do you not mention that chickens molt. some times twice a year it will slow down or stop egg production . They will loose lot of feathers which some times you may think there is some thing wrong but there is not. It is a natural chicken thing . Hens also go through an egg cycle. have you ever killed one of your hens and seen a row of yellow balls at the base of here tail those are eggs. They will take a rest period and make the next years egg roe. The roosters also molt.
Thank you for this comment! My 2 girls (hens) used to lay every day, but this winter that's slowed. They're not that old. Maybe 2 - 3 years old & I've had them since right before they were old enough to lay. One has always laid the largest, prettiest eggs, while the other ones eggs were always slightly smaller and sometimes speckled. Anyway, the younger, smaller one has never laid consistently abd once even brooded for several weeks before finally starting to lay again. Right now, neither is laying. The larger one started laying again for about 10 days but has now stopped again. There's alot of feathers in the coop right now so she must be molting. (They are let out daily to free range the yard). This is the longest we've had 2 still living with us as before one would usually get killed by a predator after about a year or so and we'd just replace her with another young hen. We have no roosters.
"He had a lovely, shiny coat, but produced sulfurous gas at inopportune moments." Was that about the dog or your husband?
It is not 3-7 years although that’s all they typically last in the backyard farm because of misinformation. A Chickens real lifespan is 20 years. The massive egg layers don’t last as long because they lay bunches of eggs. But if you change their feed to their nutritional needs they will not only keep laying, they will live longer!
Recently I put an ad up for my eggs and mentioned at the bottom that I will take in any unwanted hens/roosters. I got a reply asking if I would take unwanted hens that weren’t laying anymore. I said of course! Because what I really need them for is body heat to help heat up the coop that is far too big for 5 chickens. After much hem hawing by her and me promising not to eat them she finally agreed to bring them over. Two red sex linked hens age 4-5 joined my little flock. One of them had adult pasty butt and one of them had respiratory issues so bad she was vomiting up loogies. Ew. They were both dull in luster with pale combs. I thought it was because they were just “old”. I mix my own chicken feed from whole food I buy separately. About a week later a strange egg showed up in the nest box. Hm I thought. Maybe a fluke of one already laying. Two days pass and another just like the first appeared. The smaller of the two grannies started laying again! I knew it was her because I walked past her and she squatted. She has laid every day since then. The rounder of the two never started laying again. She got depressed. She starved herself to death. Unsure why. Before that though she started doing well. Grew more feathers. Foraged for bugs. But whenever I collected the eggs she would avoid looking at me. I told her I didn’t care if she wasn’t laying anymore that she was needed in other ways. That perked her up for a couple more days. But then she just gave up. Poor girl. I tried. The other one is shiny feisty bossy smart alert and perfectly content. Since then my pullets started laying so now everyone is laying! I just picked up 6 new babies and I’m so excited to see them grow up and live long happy healthy lives!
If you cut off the head, instead of letting it spay you with blood, have a box handy
and holding the chicken by the legs with one hand, insert and hold the chicken
"headless" first into the box. contains the blood and chicken better.
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