tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post4391711633007127019..comments2024-02-29T10:26:56.584-05:00Comments on Ohiofarmgirl's Adventures In The Good Land: What do you do with the roosters?Ohiofarmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-24463730751109945972015-03-19T04:07:38.925-04:002015-03-19T04:07:38.925-04:00Great post
Yep - we eat ours! I think if you can&#...Great post<br />Yep - we eat ours! I think if you can't be responsible with what you hatch then don;t hatch any! I've heard of people letting them go free in the woods! Peoples ideas around animals astound me, I'm glad your of the same thinking as me. Now where's my duck?Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-45828288792102518522015-03-17T17:48:09.258-04:002015-03-17T17:48:09.258-04:00the hens always cheer when we get rid of the roos,...the hens always cheer when we get rid of the roos, Vera!<br />:-)Ohiofarmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-90425697257642424762015-03-17T16:29:59.246-04:002015-03-17T16:29:59.246-04:00We put up with our extra cockerels until they star...We put up with our extra cockerels until they start gang raping the hens, and then they are put into the freezer....and always the hens seem relieved! Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-61154423065742152212015-03-17T15:36:01.870-04:002015-03-17T15:36:01.870-04:00Vintage - how funny, I was thinking about your yes...Vintage - how funny, I was thinking about your yesterday. Ah yes... the rooster swap. We've done that a time or too. <br /><br />Way to process those quail, Quail!<br /><br />Lizzie, nothing but deliciousness is waiting. Let us know how the butchering goes!<br /><br />I bet, Deborah, but depending on where you live you might have to do that on the downlow. Ohio came up with a bunch of new animal care standards that having a caponing biz might run up against. Ohiofarmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-82888474731513353122015-03-17T11:06:04.287-04:002015-03-17T11:06:04.287-04:00you have given me an idea! [congratulations! they ...you have given me an idea! [congratulations! they are few indeed.]<br />if there is an expert caponizer out there living in a chicken-rich area he could make a bit of $$ doing the deed for the squeamish.<br />caponized birds make excellent eating.deb harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110992898072146282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-74333266388231028892015-03-16T18:34:00.072-04:002015-03-16T18:34:00.072-04:00We too cull our roosters once they find their lung...We too cull our roosters once they find their lungs. Our last batch of chicks seemed to be 80% roosters, so we have ten to kill this week. Great for the freezer and our fruit trees. Lizzie @ Strayed from the Tablehttp://www.strayedtable.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-20522134804889094992015-03-16T16:49:27.252-04:002015-03-16T16:49:27.252-04:00indeed, Good Sir! ha! Dave - thanks for getting my...indeed, Good Sir! ha! Dave - thanks for getting my stupid jokes!<br />:-D<br />Ohiofarmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-83075472700123783952015-03-16T16:46:04.008-04:002015-03-16T16:46:04.008-04:00so...the table that turned was in fact.... the DIN...so...the table that turned was in fact.... the DINNER table?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14490964982321159910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-60257437361961282782015-03-16T15:04:12.161-04:002015-03-16T15:04:12.161-04:00We put them in the pot, or swap with friends for o...We put them in the pot, or swap with friends for other stuff. I am tempted to capon - the French go for capons and big enough/good enough for the Christmas Day meal, and I can vouch for that - yum! Just not sure I could do the 'capon' bit or not. Vintage Maisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00929038050028476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-59876936536254862252015-03-16T14:37:41.251-04:002015-03-16T14:37:41.251-04:00Hi OFG,
I got in to butchering my own after hatch...Hi OFG,<br /><br />I got in to butchering my own after hatching quail. The first batch was all female. Giddy with the thrill of collecting tiny eggs from my very own birds, I ordered more. The second hatch was 90% males. Those dang things fought and crowed like mad. I tried separating them but the calls buzzed through the open windows like jack hammers ALL night long. They tried, and in a few cases succeeded, killing each other. I was able to sell a few, but was stuck with about 20 evil, hormonal teenage birds in separate boxes all over the yard.<br /><br />Finally, the loppers and I made a visit to the boxes. Those boys were delicious.<br /><br />Our latest noisy male is a chicken. Gladys, son of Gladys, wears a rooster collar so the neighbors can't hear him crow. He gats one night a week uncollared in the garage so he can preen. His dastardly gang of brothers all fit nicely into canning jars after they started hopping the fence to eat the neighbor's flowers. <br /><br />Annie, I hadn't thought of caponizing them. I don't know if I could cut open a living roo but given the alternative I think I could guess which way the roo would vote. Quailnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-8469605653542125662015-03-16T11:20:51.138-04:002015-03-16T11:20:51.138-04:00Thanks Annie! I don't know if if I have a stro...Thanks Annie! I don't know if if I have a strong position on it. I had a funny talk with my vet one time - he was all shocked that we butchered at home...and we are all shocked that he does surgery on a live, albeit, unconscious animal. It was one of those weird moments. We don't capon, tho, I think it's probably more trouble than it's worth....but then we've never tried it. I certainly don't look down on folks who do. So I'll got with the position of, "do what works best for you" - how's that?<br />:-)<br />ps I love the dialog you gave that rooster... I'm still laughing.Ohiofarmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-55345669257235561272015-03-16T10:12:17.821-04:002015-03-16T10:12:17.821-04:00I know there's a huge moral dilemma surroundin...I know there's a huge moral dilemma surrounding caponing a rooster, so I'm curious about your thoughts on that. I read one of the links you posted and the author said it pretty much the same way I think of it: what's worse, the momentary stress of castration or, you know, death?<br /><br />I suppose in death, the rooster is blissfully unaware of his circumstance, though I'm not certain that he's really strutting around post-snipping thinking "wow, this is great and look at all this food I'm getting, but man, I really wish I had my extra rooster bits. I feel so emasculated..." <br /><br />I will say that I find capons to be one of the more delicious things I've ever eaten, and they make way better stock than your average hen. I have no comparison for non-castrated roosters, mind you. The perils of the big city are unending. ;)Anniehttp://www.annie.orgnoreply@blogger.com