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Killing chickens for food
« on: October 13, 2010, 08:56:08 PM »
So i am watching survivour and one tribe won 3 chickens, 1 rooster and 2 hens.
They decided to eat one, and made an incorrect choice.
So what would you do.
To hunt and butcher an animal is to recognize that meat is not some abstract form of protein that springs into existence tightly wrapped in cellophane and styrofoam.

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Re: Killing chickens for food
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2010, 09:02:31 PM »
hens lay eggs, they won;t be on the island long enough for the chickens to procriate sp the rooster is illrelevant

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Re: Killing chickens for food
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2010, 09:04:44 PM »
The fattest one!
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Re: Killing chickens for food
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2010, 09:12:42 PM »
Rooster, first time the ***** woke me up..

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Re: Killing chickens for food
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2010, 09:30:48 PM »
Rooster, first time the ***** woke me up..
Thats what I did    :chuckle:

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Re: Killing chickens for food
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2010, 09:33:22 PM »
Taught my daugther at her age 4 Hammer with AX while I hold Rooster. Thank god my hand is alright!  She chopped half way!  :chuckle: Amazing daugther I ever had! She would dare to do it.

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Re: Killing chickens for food
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2012, 02:57:15 PM »
My daughter helps me pop there heads off..its great

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Re: Killing chickens for food
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2012, 03:19:42 PM »
Rooster 4 sure!  :tup:

My extended family has an annual "Pluck-a-thon" that always draws a crowd.  Helps cuz it's a lot of work if you have a bunch. There is no misconception in any of our kids minds where their tasty drummies come from. We start'em young, first catchin, then lopin, and then on to the gutin table and plucker. The value goes way beyond the tender farm raised freezer fowl.

Little off topic I know but reading the posts made me think of it.

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Re: Killing chickens for food
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2012, 09:16:04 PM »
hens lay eggs, they won;t be on the island long enough for the chickens to procriate sp the rooster is illrelevant
exactly what I was thinking
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Re: Killing chickens for food
« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2012, 11:30:44 AM »
I think it is vital  that the young folks learn where thier grub comes from!

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Re: Killing chickens for food
« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2012, 12:19:29 PM »
We all know what happens when you chop off a chickens head and you let go of his feet  :dunno: :yike:

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Re: Killing chickens for food
« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2012, 09:32:46 PM »
The rooster- after I collected some fertile eggs just in case!
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming, "WOO HOO! WHAT A RIDE!!"

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Re: Killing chickens for food
« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2012, 09:54:07 PM »
The rooster- after I collected some fertile eggs just in case!

That's thinking ahead, though the hens will stop laying if they are broody enough to hatch the eggs....   :rolleyes:

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Re: Killing chickens for food
« Reply #13 on: June 23, 2012, 07:35:55 PM »
One hen, you will need the rooster to do his thing. Then let them hatch a couple and then whack.  :chuckle:

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Re: Killing chickens for food
« Reply #14 on: June 23, 2012, 08:42:26 PM »
A rooster is not needed for hens to lay eggs.
It's a TIKKA thing..., you may not understand.

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Re: Killing chickens for food
« Reply #15 on: June 23, 2012, 10:10:06 PM »
A rooster is not needed for hens to lay eggs.

They are needed if you want more chickens from those eggs though....  but then you need  21 days to incubate them and another eight weeks or so for those to grow big enough to bother eating, plus the food to grow them... hmmmm... just eat the rooster, get a few eggs out of the hens, and eat the hens when needed.  Use the guts to bait some other critters to eat as well.

Or, just make a spear and go take some food from the film crew.   :chuckle:

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Re: Killing chickens for food
« Reply #16 on: June 24, 2012, 04:01:30 PM »
You only have to wait about a week, then candle the eggs and eat the unfertal ones while the others continue to hatch. Do you want to eat for a week or for years??   :dunno:

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Re: Killing chickens for food
« Reply #17 on: June 24, 2012, 08:01:44 PM »
You only have to wait about a week, then candle the eggs and eat the unfertal ones while the others continue to hatch. Do you want to eat for a week or for years??   :dunno:
They aren't going to be on the island or where ever for years.
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Re: Killing chickens for food
« Reply #18 on: August 05, 2012, 05:51:28 PM »
I eat most hens after a year or two of laying.... I have 3 chickens smart enough to hatch their own babies and keep them alive for 3 days till I put them in a cage when they can fully walk and feed themselves.... This year they hatched 24 so far... 21 made it and are now in a seperate coupe... Half are probably roosters..... Too young to tell but a few so far... I will be cycling through them soon....

 


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