We feed a lot of wild birds at several feeders here at the Ranch. I do enjoy watching them and do feed year round.
In answer to REE's question if I might skin 100 Starling? Not on your life. Starling are a stinky / greasy / buggy skin, no mater what you do to them. When we first started producing our JV hens we found that our Blacks (which we produce a lot of in the JV hen) were far better in all respects than the Starling. Many tiers have switched because the stems are superior in the genetic hen. All the feathers on one can be used.

I can not wait until the return of the Humming birds. They are my favorites to watch.

Denny