Recent content by TimCline

I've got a game hen raising some chicks and I found a dead one in the pen with one of my roosters. It had apparently jumped through the fence. Do games generally do this or is he just a bad rooster? I've not had game roosters very long but have always loved the game hens.

Gonna try and let mama raise them for a change.

My progect Cornish X. Not sure that all are hens pretty sure ones a roo. Average wieght at 6 weeks is a shade over 2 pounds. Feed restriction is working lol. Buff orps are somewhere in this mix. Average weight at around 7 oz at 3 weeks.

Been on all crack corn for about a week. Difference between pullets with feed restriction and Roos without is drastic but haven't weighed them.

When i ordered it was all large fowl and it's keeping pace as far as growth with the rest so I'm assuming it's big stock. It's ugly as sin lol. I'm just curious what it is.

Three weeks old. Got it as a free mystery chick. Anyone know the breed?

So far mine have done better than my chicks but I haven't had em very long. They seem very curious and at the same age can fly at least 5 times as high as my chicks

I have ~50 chicks. And 15 turkeys poults all a little over a week old. Thinking of mixing them together since the ones I decide to keep will be living together when they get big anyway. Thoughts? Potential problems? Chicks are RIR, BO, leghorns and BR's and poults are bourbon red and BB White.

Started mixing half crack corn and half chick feed this morning. Along with 12 hour feed restriction

Finally got one setting.

Do you feel like it slows down rate of growth using such low protein levels? 28% is recommended. I'm just curious because I'm raising my first bunch of turkeys and worried about this.

I've been feeding mine 24% non medicated TSC brand chick feed. It's recommended to feed 28% or more though.

Ordered some chicks from mcmurray and this is my free mystery chick. Ordered all standard size so I assume it is also but not 100% sure.[/IMG] Can anyone identify breed?

Just wanted to post my experience with them because I was so tickled with it. I ordered 103 chicks and 15 poults. None dead on arrival. Only one had any physical defect that I could see. Time will tell on sexing accuracy and quality but I am very impressed so far.