Well, for those of you wondering how non-cornish cross chicks are here you go. Today my 10 Buff Orphington Roosters were processed. They were raised on free range with meat bird feed (I wanted to see if it gave them that Oomph). These birds are not gorgers so I don't think the feed made any difference. They simply wanted to forage for most of their food. Here you go:
10 Birds, average weight 4.2lbs after processing with neck and giblets. They were hatched on April 2nd. They were hatchery stock only one really looked like a nice "picture perfect bird". The rest had missing tail feathers (like no plumes or anything), looked like scraggly leghorns, or were just a very lean lean bird.
From day old to 8 weeks they went through two bags of 50lb starter.
From 8 weeks to Slaughter they went through 3 bags of pellets.
They had food/water available 24/7. With the warm winter/early spring there were plenty of bugs, fresh grasses, and plants for them to nosh on. I didn't restrict them to pens, they were free range from 8 weeks on. I also didn't lose any and locked them in the coop at night.
10 Birds, average weight 4.2lbs after processing with neck and giblets. They were hatched on April 2nd. They were hatchery stock only one really looked like a nice "picture perfect bird". The rest had missing tail feathers (like no plumes or anything), looked like scraggly leghorns, or were just a very lean lean bird.
From day old to 8 weeks they went through two bags of 50lb starter.
From 8 weeks to Slaughter they went through 3 bags of pellets.
They had food/water available 24/7. With the warm winter/early spring there were plenty of bugs, fresh grasses, and plants for them to nosh on. I didn't restrict them to pens, they were free range from 8 weeks on. I also didn't lose any and locked them in the coop at night.
wish me luck!
