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    how big is too big?

    well I am estimating of course....cause I did not keep track! What do y'all pay for a 50 - 55# sack of feed?
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    how big is too big?

    Well it is all over now.... 51 birds brought home averaging 8.5 pounds and range from 4.9 - 10.6 pounds. Spent about $600 on feed for them for about 433 pounds of chicken or $1.40 of feed per pound of meat plus cost of chick and processing.
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    What is your average?

    11 weeks and average 8.5 pounds on the BBQ.
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    how big is too big?

    It has been 8 or 9 weeks and I still have 2 more weeks before the date with the butcher......I am estimating one bird is 12# already. I will weigh him tonight to confirm but he seems very healthy and mobile. They are white rock X.
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    FUN: black lab mayhem in the chicken run!

    Hope to bring a smile to such a serious section......I had to run back in and grab my camera but the original was about 8 birds and my little girl all at the feeder in harmony. When I got back with the camera they were mostly sitting down with a couple wondering how the dog could still keep...
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    evening roundup?

    Thanks for the feedback. I opened up the hatch to let them out this AM and they actually were eager to get out on their own and about half went out and half stayed inside before I left for work so that is promising.
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    evening roundup?

    well there are a couple that are getting quick but for the most part I can move faster than them It is supposed to rain later this week so will keep them in the coop. But under another thread I need to stop spending so much time sitting outdoors watching them. Today was watching them decimate...
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    evening roundup?

    My meat birds are now about 7 weeks old and another 3 or so before they have a date with the butcher. They spend the days outside in a fenced in area eating pretty much anything along with their free choice food. Some are grass eating monsters. There is no way I will leave them out overnite...
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    just shot a black lab with a paintball gun

    I have two black labs. One barks at everything that is a potential playmate. He has caught birds who hit windows and cannot fly only to nurse them back to health with plenty of licks and a warm snuggle. The other lab happily wanders the pen with the chickens eating grass and their feed with an...
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    mechanical plucker for cornish hens?

    would singeing work with a torch on the down?
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    mechanical plucker for cornish hens?

    folks..... my birds will be around the 2.5 pound range later this week and want to do in a few at this size....will a mechanical drump plucker work on such small bodies? or should I just hand pluck? I friend is going to help but I can rent a plucker for cheap. ....
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    growing too fast!

    Gang, My White Rock X are 2 weeks old and are already 1.18#. Some obviously smaller but I just went by reference from this thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=139611 Right now they get access to feed 24x7 and I am reading some threads state that I should cut back to...
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    how many weeks before scratch?

    My 65 or so meat chicks are doing well at 1.5 weeks. at what age can I give them scratch? I have no grit yet so just fed them fine ground scrtach powder out of my hand. Now they all run over to see me! These should be ready in 8 - 9 weeks and are on track from a wight per week schedule as...
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