Cockerels and complaints

What do people think happens to cockerels, yet again another two of my “hens” have started to full blown crow along with the full grown crop. I am now down from 8 to 2 of the chicks I bought from Selby market . I was hoping to have them for Christmas but the crowing got to early and to loud even with blinds on the shed windows. Nothing for it but to put in the freezer for latter.
Just after the deed was complete and they had been put in the freezer I got a call from the end of my garden “Peter its your cockerels they are making to much noise in the morning and waking up my husband”   I said“don't worry they are in the freezer” next “were have you put them “ I said“in the freezer for eating” the reply “O NO I only wanted you to keep the quiet what will yo do with them now” I replied “well eat them” “ how can you eat you own chickens ”

What do people think you do with noisy cockerels, what ever happens nearly all get eaten.

I am watching the other two “girls” now to see if they change or start to lay. Next time I will either buy point of lay or get eggs to hatch that I know have not been sexed prior to sale.

Peter Rooster

If only they could taste real fresh homegrown chicken  ::)and compare it with the supermarket stuff without the flavouring and addertives added to it .

As a child, chicken was an occasional Sunday meal, the preferred one being beef which was always a 2 day meal and we only ate meat about 4 times a week, 1 of those would be corned beef from a can, lorn sausage for stovies and a chump chop as a treat on a Saturday tea.

there's too much poor quality, tasteless, cheap meat about.

A friend had a neighbour complain about her cockerel crowing at 3am one summer which woke their new born baby up, nothing to do with the fact it was a new born baby

Hi

Until this year for the last 22 years the only meat I ate was what I shot. I gave up on farmed meat on how it was kept, feed, and killed . The game I shot had lived free for a long time was well fed and killed as quickly as I can. It is normally lean though can put fat on for the winter as nature intended and free to roam.

This year I have eaten chicken MINE they were a little young as people complained on crowing but I knew how they had lived, what they ate and how they died . I was going to take to market but then would have not known what happened to them. I would have ducked the responcibility. It was not easy to kill things I had raised from chicks but they tasted good. My sons girlfriend was pleased when two more started to crow, "good more chicken to eat .

some hens are very, very noisy 

Our first hens were very noisy, the ones we have now are more refined ( they come from Huddersfield)and don't tell the neighbourhood they've laid  

Huddersfield ha ha ha      Will be laughing in my bed   
Jinty

Yes Jinty, as am I just down here on missionary work Still have my soft Glasgow accent, don't want to be the talk of the steamy now do I