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Many thanks all - think I'll just keep an eye on things and se how it goes then! Many thanks, Fi

SO, following on from my other cockerel related post..!! Of the 2 left, one is absolutely magnificant in plumage and seems quite mild mannered - I'd love to keep him as my next cockerel (my current cockerel is also gorgous and lovely but we inherited him so not sure how long he has in this world - h...

Cockrel No.2 dispatched this morning (he couldn't wait till christmas as he has started seriously fighting and attacking )- still not happy with my dispatch technique - I counted to 40 and he still had his eyes open and looking around (is that my imagination?), so airgun deployed again. I am calm an...

Thanks all - bye bye roast chicken, hello boiled chicken! What does purging involve?

Fantastic - thanks both!! I shall be choosier about my chick breeds next time ! Great info and advice which I shall put into practice when he feels a bit fatter! Will report back with recipe and verdict! Many thanks, Fiona

Hi I dispatched the first cockerel from this years chicks (1 down, at least another 1 to go) - not too bad an experience although it didnt look dead quickly enough for my liking (so we followed up the necking with an air rifle to the head just in case) and I did tear the skin a bit plucking around t...