We processed 7 of our birds the other day. They were a few days over 8 weeks. I picked out the larger birds of our 170ish remaining birds (stupid, or rather smart foxes). I wasn't too impressed with their weights, they were all in the 7-8lbs range. However, I have been restricting their food a...
Nice to hear someone else taking the cornish Xs past 8 weeks. We have about 180 and are planning to take them to 11 and 12 weeks. They are around 8 weeks right now. Ours are free range and we don't feed them in the morning or in the evening to encourage foraging while it is still cool out. It...
I'd look into fermented food. There is a wonderful thread in the meat birds section. I have all my birds on it, I think it's great. It will do everything yogurt does and more. Speaking of yogurt, yogurt is not yogurt. You need to get balkin? yogurt if you want it to do any good. That sugary...
Super, thanks. Although, I think the fox came back and got the bird again, or it took another one. We aren't quite sure.
I did find out it's 2 months minimum before I can get a gun though :rolleyes:
I'm about to start adding scratch in and they are 3 weeks old. I've been throwing scratch on the ground and they eat a good lot of it so I think they are ready.
We have a fox problem and so far have lost 3 birds. This morning we saw the fox with a chicken in it's mouth and were able to scare it away and it also dropped the bird off. The bird looks ok but is sitting up in the tree. The problem is that the fox had mange. Will my chicken be susceptible to...
As an update, we've lost 3 birds so far, not sure what from. I'd assume flip. That plus 2 other deaths due to getting items placed on top of them brings the casualties to 5. They are 3 weeks old on Monday. I now make it habit to cover the lid on the feed bucket. We came out one day and my mom...
Thanks everyone, open pickup it will be.
My brother just lets his 2 birds walk freely in the car when he travels. It's not uncommon to see them sitting on the dash while he is driving