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    When can I take chicks away from a Brody hen?

    Last night I moved her to the tractor with the meaties. She took right to mothering them again! Was eating and at full attention. Today the same :)
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    When can I take chicks away from a Brody hen?

    no brooder box, they are outside on grass in a chicken tractor. They are 3/4 her size! Cornish cross
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    When can I take chicks away from a Brody hen?

    We don’t need any more chicks and the eggs are not viable. Plus she is still Brody!
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    When can I take chicks away from a Brody hen?

    We have a Brody hen, she sat for 5 weeks and the eggs where not good. We went to TSC and brought home 6 Cornish crosses. She mothered them for 4 weeks. When we took care of our other meaties, I put the 4 remaining in the tractor. It’s been 48 hours and Moma has been sitting on the fresh eggs...
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    Letting meat rest

    I’ll put mine in the fridge and let everyone in our group know to do the same. Thanks for the help
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    Letting meat rest

    We have done a few batches of Cornish crosses now and have found the breasts to be a bit chewy or tough when cooked. We have been doing zero resting, basically dispatch pluck, part out and freeze. Everything I’ve been reading on line shows resting for the entire bird. Should we let the parts...
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    Cornish cross leg and heat issues

    Wedding went well the rain that broke the heat wave had perfect timing! The meaties all survived it, now the next wave is 1-4” of rain! Out doing chores and my buddy dropped off the plucker. Hoping for a good week of growth and good processing day next week.
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    Cornish cross leg and heat issues

    I think we are out of the heat for a bit. Calling for low 80’s tomorrow still humid. 70’s after that for a few days! Thanks for the support :):)
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    Cornish cross leg and heat issues

    No free time until Saturday, my wife’s youngest sister is getting married. Plus my buddy hasn’t dropped the plucker yet, although he did text and said it would be here this week.. about 5lbs love weight, so we would like a bit more growth.
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    Cornish cross leg and heat issues

    We do have a couple of those “tents”, maybe I’ll put one up in the AM
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    Cornish cross leg and heat issues

    Happy to report the Water seams to be keeping the panting down and none passed today! Shade from trees have covered the tractors for the night. We just had a thunder storm come in and now the sun is back out! Once the rain stops, I’m headed out to check on them but for today I think we are out...
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    Cornish cross leg and heat issues

    The other tractor has a larger tarp and it hangs over a couple inches on each end. I’ll pull it back some tonight but it’s basically the same set up. Just hoping to get through this heat wave butcher in 10-20 days.
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    Cornish cross leg and heat issues

    Dry food, the trough had standing water after a shower last night, dry this morning.
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    Cornish cross leg and heat issues

    I found this from a few weeks ago when they went outside. My German friend was just checking them out!
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    Cornish cross leg and heat issues

    Using the John scovitch style hoop houses. We have fans running a cord won’t take much. That roo I had to move seams to have leg issues when he does walk it’s with a bit of a limp. I figured cutting back on the food will help him grow into his legs!
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