Loving all these stories. I did get them all processed, none of them where excessively large. Any where in the 51/2 to 7 lb finished weight. We processed them over two days 7 the first day then 11 the next day. My biggest damn it moment was realizing I didn't have enough freezer space for 18...
I got all birds dispatched and cleaned up on Sunday. They have been chilling in the fridge since then, hopefully tonight I can get them bagged and weighed. Thanks for all the advice and wisdom. When I get them weighed I will post the results.
Thank you all for your replies. Hopefully this weekend I will get them processed. They have a pretty good waddle going on when they walk around. I will post an update when I get them processed. Again thank you for the help.
Is there any particular way to maintain the weight of my Cornish cross meat birds while waiting to process them. They are 6 lb on average at this point and I need another 7 days of time till I can process them. Are there any factors I need to worry about till then other than them becoming...
Sorry for the delay. Yes the dog gets put up at night. Unfortunately we have been pinning up the duck during the day when the dog is out. Even as late as this evening, mom and the dog was at the back door and "ducky" snuck in and got a hold of the dog.
My mom has a 2 year old Chihuahua that has come in to heat. My 9 month old Ronin drake lately has been attacking the dog on sight. Now my year old runner drake has tried to attack the dog through the fence. It has gotten bad enough we had to pen up the Ronin drake. Can anyone explain what's...