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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

I can't seem to grow enough chicken to eat...we eat a lot of chicken
though.  If I allow 2 meals per chicken and we eat chicken 3 times a
week, then that is 6 chickens a month or 72 chickens a year....I can
usually only get 40 or so, for whatever reason...predators usually.
Of the 8 birds in the chicken tractor, I believe that only one of them
is a rooster...he's got that obvious RIR rooster quality about him.  The
other 7 appear to be hens, judging from their combs and their build.  If
I wanted eggs, I'd have all roosters, but that's the way it goes...lol
Of course, I *could* eat the hens, but that just seems backwards to me..
I sure wish I lived closer, Karen..I'd buy them from you in a flash.
Do hardboiled eggs freeze that well, or is it only suitable for pigs?

B

Karen L. Black wrote:
> I wrote:
>
> > > I do 10-20 at a time, by myself..
>
> Gene replied:
>
> > Ever get tired of eating chicken?
>
> Not so much eating as cooking. Happily, I have "365 Ways to Cook
> Chicken" 
> (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060155396/sr=1-1/qid=1229364008/ref=olp_p
>  roduct_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1229364008&sr=1-1&seller=), which I
> find a great help.
>
> In a good market, I'll sell all of them. If not, I can trade with
> other vendors. If worse comes to worse, it goes in the freezer and
> sells at the winter market -- or we eat it.
>
> Eggs can be overwhelming, but now I either feed them to the pigs, or 
> hardboil and freeze and feed to the pigs in the future. Pigs love
> eggs, and so they learn to come running when they see me and my
> bucket.
>
> Karen Black Norton Creek Farm Blodgett, OR 
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