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Professional? No, just a normal guy LOL... who likes chickens.
The ladies are I believe 16 and 20 weeks. I pulled them from two batches so they would lay at different times. Weight, I'm not sure but they are sure heavy... as soon as they start free ranging I will weigh them. Right now they are coop potatoes as the weather is garbage. Cared for... well all I do it throw them about 10 lbs a feed every two days. It's so cold that they use up a lot for just staying warm. But as soon as the weather breaks they will be on a strict diet so they forage more.
They are not laying yet but should start in the month of March I would like to think. The rooster weighed 9 pounds at the beginning of winter and he was still young. He is now a year old, and will start packing on some weight when the weather warms up. No the butts are clean, not sure if feed has anything to do with that or not but our feed is milled from whole grains every two weeks or so to keep it fresh.
I choose not to let mine roost due to the fact of them jumping down from the roost in the morning. These birds are so heavy, I'm not sure they can come back from a leg injury.... and I don't want to find out so I just let them sleep on the floor and they seem quite content.
I will keep updates as I get some eggs in the incubator.
