Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Look at me

12 comments:

Professor Hale said...

welcome back to the internet. Did you enjoy your vacation?

El Borak said...

It's actually still going on, and yes, I am enjoying it very much.

Giraffe said...

Liberals get confused about which one is our Lord and Savior and which one is an infantile jerk.

Doomfinger said...

Bitey and P. Duckey are now in the fridge. Someone showed us how to slaughter them this morning. I'm gonna miss the bastards. They better be tasty. How do you usually cook duck?

El Borak said...

I like them roasted whole, but grilled duck breast smothered in a strawberry sauce severely rocks too.

You know what sucks? I just ate and now I'm all hungry again. No wonder I'm fat.

doomfinger said...

As I was grilling and eating them I swear I could hear faint quacking. J'quackcuse!

El Borak said...

Lovely wife is going to pick up some chicks tomorrow. Now if I can just teach that bloody dog not to retrieve them...

doomfinger said...

Yeah, I had to teach the dog that some birds are not to be barked at/eaten. It helped that the ducks followed her around all the time--it kept her away from the chickens.

Are you going for eggs or meat? I've had good luck with the Isa Browns, Rhode Island Reds, and Australorps (supposedly it has the world record for most eggs laid); these are all dual purpose, but the Australorps are bigger than the others. Ameraucanas are interesting but they are scrawny little beasts with fickle egg laying habits.

Someone wanted my brother and I to raise some meat birds, which is why we picked up the Cornish Rocks. Supposedly someone had a 20lbs bird... These will be done in 6-8 weeks.

Someone else keeps trying to talk us into raising pheasants.

El Borak said...

Eggs. We used to do them for meat but I never thought the meal was worth the trouble of cleaning them. Coolest thing, though, cut a rooster's head off, and the other roosters will gang-tackle the freaking thing. them buggers are heartless.

Last time we did it, I left a plastic trash can full of feathers next to the barn, and the rains of the weekend caused them to about half fill with water. When I dumped it out the next week, there were two drowned possums in the can. So that was nice anyway.

Mythus Maximus said...

I reject both the false god and false goddess. Can you do that??

Biggus Dickus said...

Quiet, Naughtius.

El Borak said...

I reject both the false god and false goddess. Can you do that??

Pretty much by definition. By labeling something false, one is automatically rejecting it.