Momof3plustwins
Songster
I have been MIA, but we butchered 77 CX on Thursday. The Toads are now by themselves again. Ralphie, at what point do you think I could put them in the coop with the hens? They certainly are big enough! Also what did you use for a roost again and how high off the ground? The week before butchering I tried to weigh the Toads, but they are too big for my scale now. It seemed they were 6.7 lbs live weight. The CX at 8 weeks 2 days were between 4.4 - 5.6 lbs dressed. Next CX batch we will wait another week or 2 so we get some bigger birds. With both our family and pastor's family being numbered at 7 a bigger bird is necessary.
I figured out what to do with my hatching eggs that are to hatch when we leave for vacation. I am putting together a closed off area for 3 broody hens and I am going to just put the eggs under them for the last week. Then they can raise the chicks and I wont have to deal with it. Right now I keep having the eggs they are sitting on disappear. I know there is an egg eating hen out there but I don't know which one. I think when the hen gets of the nest she goes in and eats an egg. I have like 7 broody hens right now. And only a few eggs. Which is why I have to build my broody hen area and discover who is eating my eggs. then a head is going to go missing. With this plan then my turkey eggs can keep incubating for the extra week. I did find out the turkey eggs are from domesticated wild turkeys. I probably would not have bothered with them if I had known that. takes about a year for them to get 12-15 lbs I guess. Oh, well we will see if I can keep them alive. I hear poults are hard to keep alive.
I figured out what to do with my hatching eggs that are to hatch when we leave for vacation. I am putting together a closed off area for 3 broody hens and I am going to just put the eggs under them for the last week. Then they can raise the chicks and I wont have to deal with it. Right now I keep having the eggs they are sitting on disappear. I know there is an egg eating hen out there but I don't know which one. I think when the hen gets of the nest she goes in and eats an egg. I have like 7 broody hens right now. And only a few eggs. Which is why I have to build my broody hen area and discover who is eating my eggs. then a head is going to go missing. With this plan then my turkey eggs can keep incubating for the extra week. I did find out the turkey eggs are from domesticated wild turkeys. I probably would not have bothered with them if I had known that. takes about a year for them to get 12-15 lbs I guess. Oh, well we will see if I can keep them alive. I hear poults are hard to keep alive.
