29 дек. 2023 г. · Old chickens are tuff, but good for broth or dog food. Otherwise if you're not partial to just letting them live, food is cheep.

27 авг. 2024 г. · Turn them Into chicken stock or soup delicious and nutritious.

22 авг. 2019 г. · You can feed them through retirement, eat them, or give /sell them to someone else so they can do those things.

3 нояб. 2014 г. · If your not one for keeping old birds (no judgement, lots of people just keep hens for their strong laying years) cull her quickly and humanely.

7 авг. 2024 г. · Let them retire and chill. Buy fewer chickens. Don't eat them, X year old chicken meat is purple colored and rancid.

7 мая 2024 г. · I'm considering trying to sell them first since I do not need more egg layers and it could help defray the cost of the other birds I have.

1 апр. 2024 г. · We eat everything we raise. Old hens make the nest soup/bone broth or coq au vin. Our layers are slaughtered in year 3.

2 сент. 2023 г. · No, they're too old and chickens lean out a lot when they're old, it's not worth the time to process them for small cuts of very low quality ...

31 июл. 2012 г. · something that slowly cooks them because the meat is so tough. also something with a lot of extra liquid helps because they'll dry out if you ...

13 авг. 2024 г. · For the most part I let them live out their old age. They don't cost much to keep, they add structure to the flock, especially as I add new ...