New chickens for the pot

By John | Food, Menagerie

They don’t look like much now, but in 21 days these beauties will be chicks. One of our old hens, Victoria is an excellent mum and she’s getting a bit broody so we thought we’d put her ample, feathery posterior to good use.

We got a dozen fertile eggs from a local chicken breeder for the princely sum of $4. They are mixed breed shaver/barnyard eggs so while not a specialist meat breed they should be fine for a first crop of eating chickens.

We’ll keep you posted on their progress.


Posted on August 21st, 2008

3 Comments »

  1. Neil Says :
    28 August, 2008 at 9:47 am


    Nice work John. I presume you got them from Carrie…? We got a batch a few months ago too. Very good sized birds. While we were hoping for a few new laying hens, alas we ended up with four roosters. I was a chicken-culling virgin until recently. I hope you know what you’re in for. Fairly gruesome…I suggest you do the deed when Karen is at work :-)
    I found this site very helpful…http://butcherachicken.blogspot.com/2007/09/step-1-getting-ready-to-butcher.html
    Regards, N

  2. Neil Says :
    28 August, 2008 at 9:49 am


    This link might be helpful in a few months…http://butcherachicken.blogspot.com/2007/09/step-1-getting-ready-to-butcher.html

  3. John Says :
    28 August, 2008 at 11:54 am


    Thanks Neil. I’ve killed chickens before so the act itself isn’t too daunting. Butchery presents a new opportunity to make a complete mess of things though. If all else fails, I’ll be making a batch of chicken sausages :)

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