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soooo ..... who will admit to being a poultry fancier?
« on: January 19, 2016, 01:49:36 PM »
I am a chook breeder , specifically Indian Game Birds.

Not sure if anyone else on here is into the chook game apart from eating but would be interested to know if you are.

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Re: soooo ..... who will admit to being a poultry fancier?
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2016, 04:15:54 PM »
Poultry fancier is probably over kill in our case.......but we do have 5 Isa Browns in the chook pen doing their thing. When eggs fall below 3 a day they sit and watch me sharpen the axe......seams to put them back on the job  ;-*
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Re: soooo ..... who will admit to being a poultry fancier?
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2016, 04:35:14 PM »
We have three Austrolorps.    A Black, a Blue and a Splash.  They are all nice looking chooks, but the Splash has never laid a single egg and is on borrowed time as far as I am concerned.

From time to time we shovel soil out of the chook run for the Vege Patch, and put fresh soil from the vege patch in the chook run.   Everyone seems to be a winner with this arrangement.
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Re: soooo ..... who will admit to being a poultry fancier?
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2016, 05:51:18 PM »
2 x Isa Browns named TC and BC, and no TC & BC stands for Tiny Chook and Big Chook.

I don't give animals names as it easier to make a Sunday roast, but my current wife won and the names stay.
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Re: soooo ..... who will admit to being a poultry fancier?
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2016, 05:52:10 PM »
We have several Austrolorps including a rooster who's on borrowed time, a couple of Langshams, and a few bantams. They are currently indebted to us by far more than they could ever repay, but I'm not allowed to call in the debt. :)
 

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Re: soooo ..... who will admit to being a poultry fancier?
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2016, 06:59:23 PM »
Who would have thought so many chook lovers would come out of the closet?    :eek

With names (or initials, which is the same thing) for their lovelies!!     :grin
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Re: soooo ..... who will admit to being a poultry fancier?
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2016, 07:58:54 PM »
Three X breeds and two Isa Browns.  Only been in the chook game for 4 weeks, so far eggs outweigh the pot.
 

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Re: soooo ..... who will admit to being a poultry fancier?
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2016, 10:17:25 PM »
I fancy big chook legs done in the oven - Exactly what we had for dinner tonight   :eat  ;-* :grin
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Re: soooo ..... who will admit to being a poultry fancier?
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2016, 10:49:39 AM »
those of us who breed know the cost is never repaid but the benefit is that all young birds who don't make the grade are introduced to the pot via the fridge and freezer.

The birds I breed are really good table birds and have HUGE breast meat. The wife and daughter are not so keen on the home grown chook but the boy and me just go to town!!

When we know a bird is no longer going to be show quality they all get names such as Tikka ( Chicken tikka masala), Sunday(roast), KFC, parmi (Chicken parmajana (sp??)), Soupie etc.

Makes it very easy to reconcile their fate when it is well and truly dictated by the names they have.

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Re: soooo ..... who will admit to being a poultry fancier?
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2016, 10:52:16 AM »
My son-in-law raised a calf who's name was "Meat Tray",  an indicator of his future fate.   :eat
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Re: soooo ..... who will admit to being a poultry fancier?
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2016, 10:53:04 AM »
 :rofl :rofl :rofl
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Re: soooo ..... who will admit to being a poultry fancier?
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2016, 12:46:27 PM »
My son-in-law raised a calf who's name was "Meat Tray",  an indicator of his future fate.   :eat

Had a neighbour as a kid who had a pig called "Christmas Dinner"
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Re: soooo ..... who will admit to being a poultry fancier?
« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2016, 02:31:01 PM »
Had steers named t bone rump sir loin and roger.
 

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Re: soooo ..... who will admit to being a poultry fancier?
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2016, 06:28:47 PM »
Reminds me of 'The Young Ones' where Vivian had a pig called Bacon Sandwich.
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Re: soooo ..... who will admit to being a poultry fancier?
« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2016, 07:47:49 PM »
My Dad used to show Chooks and Bantams.

Black Orpingtons and Red Leghorns Chooks.

The Bantams were a speckled variety with feathers on their feet from memory.
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Re: soooo ..... who will admit to being a poultry fancier?
« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2016, 11:44:13 PM »
I fancy poultry (chicken and turkey) but only as an edible product.
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Re: soooo ..... who will admit to being a poultry fancier?
« Reply #16 on: January 21, 2016, 11:30:31 AM »
Our family used to breed white peacocks and lots of different pheasants. Quite good money in peacocks (white ones sold for twice as much as coloured).
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Re: soooo ..... who will admit to being a poultry fancier?
« Reply #17 on: January 21, 2016, 02:12:20 PM »
Our family used to breed white peacocks and lots of different pheasants. Quite good money in peacocks (white ones sold for twice as much as coloured).
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Isn't that odd!  You'd think folk would be wanting the colourful tails.
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Re: soooo ..... who will admit to being a poultry fancier?
« Reply #18 on: January 21, 2016, 07:08:34 PM »
nah .... the colourful tailed ones are just waaay to common!     :crackup
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Re: soooo ..... who will admit to being a poultry fancier?
« Reply #19 on: January 21, 2016, 09:47:20 PM »
nah .... the colourful tailed ones are just waaay to common!     :crackup

Actually that is 100% correct. White ones are rare.
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Re: soooo ..... who will admit to being a poultry fancier?
« Reply #20 on: January 22, 2016, 11:10:55 AM »
nah .... the colourful tailed ones are just waaay to common!     :crackup

Actually that is 100% correct. White ones are rare.
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Without that splendid tail full of "eyes", they're just a big white chook.       :p
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Re: soooo ..... who will admit to being a poultry fancier?
« Reply #21 on: January 22, 2016, 06:14:51 PM »
Don't know what they sell for today, however can't see Wollies putting them in the rotisserie for $400 a pop.

How can you say this looks like a chook



and this from another website

I read on the internet one day about peacock feathers and being the cause of bad luck when being kept in the house… I immediately realized that I had my peacock feathers kept in my bed room for quite a long time by this time. When I thought about it, my luck seemed to have diminished not long after receiving them from our friend. I quickly discarded them…though i was reluctant as I loved them so much, I knew they had to go.

All I can say about it, is it was a strange feeling when I walked back into my bedroom from throwing them in the trash outside. I felt a warm sensation and a feeling of being relaxed. When i sat on my bed things just felt ‘better’.

I noticed in the weeks that passed, I wasn’t being late for school, I was getting work done alot easier and my mind didn’t feel so crowded. I knew from this that it had to be true. The feathers were just holding things back for me. I tell you now, I don’t believe supersitions easily, hence why I have tried so many things. I find I need proof of something to be real… and this experience definitely proved it for me. I now warn people about keeping peacock feathers inside… though i tell them i had them in my room…which I’m not sure if it makes a difference. I just know from my experience, I will never keep peacock feathers again, instead i will simply enjoy their beauty where they belong…on their owner.


My mother would have a conniption if anyone even threatened to bring a feather in the house.
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