For the last two weeks we have been in chicken raising mode. We revolve around chickens all day, 24 hours a day. Here in the country the kids have a chance to raise an animal and then show that animal at the local (or not so local) show. Our kids have been doing it for four years.
The show, with all its exhibitors, is judged. The winners are allowed to put their project in an auction and can win a good bit of money. We like it because it is also a great way to help teach the kids about hard work and the results that can come from that hard work. Yes, you do more than just put feed out there and let them do their thing.
You start out with a lot more chicken than you will ever show. During the six weeks that you raise them you thin them down, keeping the most promising prospects. Today we thinned the herd down from 150 to about 80. The other thing that the kids learn how to do is process the dead chickens. They are finally old enough to actually do some of the processing, not just the whacking. The ones we did today were two weeks old and are great to eat.
These are some of the pics and VDO that I took today.
El Toro Negro
1 comment:
dad, the video is awesome i just love it, i remembered a lot of things that i lived! hehe when i see eve and tori and hear your voice hehe
love it!
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