Where did the black tail come from? Maybe he took it from another roo when it was sleeping. LOL
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beautiful birds!All on roosts and settling down now.
Here are the weights - you can see how #5 came back up this week. I think last week's weight was a bad one (maybe he had his foot off the scale and I missed it). You can see the pullets beginning to split off, weight-wise.
Pictures were a nightmare because I need a bigger scale for them and also they were squirmy. So they aren't very good - and the two biggest boys wouldn't look at the camera, so I'm including #5 because he was nice and posed for me.
Two biggest boys, both at 46.42 oz this week (photos were at an awkward angle, I had to remove my hand and take the photos really quickly before they made a run for it):
#5, cooperating with the camera:
Two of the pullets, "loving" the camera:
I can't stress enough how much I love these birds!!! Meanwhile, at age 1 week, the S&G chicks that have survived are doing fine, but seem to be REALLY focused on eating and are pooping a lot. Keeping an eye on that...
- Ant Farm
@Fire Ant Farm - if you ever find that larger scale, please let me know where, make, model etc. I've been searching for one for a long time for the reasons. The do NOT like standing on that scale once they reach a certain size. Not that I blame them. I never like standing on the scale either.
Ok so here are pictures of my 3 turkens . The calico is the one i plan on using to start this project ... hes got a bow tie ... so prety much only gunna get 1/4 -1/2 turkens from crossing him over non turken hens correct? Also gunna cross the little white hen to him. .. or one of my best typed cochin roos...
And as a random bonus .. my standard turken roo
@Fire Ant Farm - if you ever find that larger scale, please let me know where, make, model etc. I've been searching for one for a long time for the reasons. The do NOT like standing on that scale once they reach a certain size. Not that I blame them. I never like standing on the scale either.
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Weighing really is a big pain, esp. since I'm raising so many birds this year. I just keep reminding myself that the data is really valuable. I missed the 2 week start of weighing for the Aloha NNs, but they are kinda small, so I'm going to start weighing them at 3 weeks.
I think I'm going to start looking into hanging scales that I can move and hang in the coop. After all, once they're out of the brooders, trying to use a stand-on scale (and have it level and get an accurate reading) is a nightmare.
- Ant Farm