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    First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

    Chick a few days old. Medicated starter feed for 2 weeks. Ordered 20 White Broilers from Meyer Hatchery in Polk, OH. Got 21 birds. Picked them up so no shipping. Week 3 going into the tractor. Week 8. have been giving them 22% twice a day filling a 2 gal bucket half way. All the...
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    First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

    Camp day today. 10 weeks old. Ordered 20, got 21, lost 1 at about 8 weeks and dispatched one for dinner at 9 weeks. Lowest weight was exactly 5 lbs. Biggest boy topped the scales at 7.5 lbs!! Avg was 6. Heat shrink wrapped 10 of the whole birds and cut up the rest. I'm so very pleased with the...
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    First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

    Processing next Tuesday! This will be one day shy of 10 weeks. I've had them on 22% the whole time and am not going to change the feed. Started with 21 birds. Lost one a few weeks ago. She was one of the smaller birds and I noticed she wasn't eating or drinking for a few days before I...
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    First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

    I ordered 20, got 21. They will be 10 weeks on July 21st. Freezer day. Haven't lost a one. 22% geed twice a day. I've been both lucky and unlucky with weather. Lots of rain so cooler weather. Just getting warmer now. Just waiting to find one down.
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    First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

    At 9.5 weeks did you lose any birds? Mine will be processed at 10 weeks.
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    First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

    Consider my interest piqued. OCD works for me too. I'm sure the limiting factor is keeping the birds alive while building muscle. I'll let you know if I find something.
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    First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

    Seriously? I bet Ole Frank Purdue is just itching to unlock that mystery. Where is that info?
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    First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

    I know! it wasn't until I was looking at the pictures last night that I realized how disproportionate they are. It's like looking at a Great Dane puppy wondering how on earth it's going to grow into those paws. My Dark Cornish, White Rocks, and Jersey Giants, all the same age, are nothing...
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    First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

    Well, they're outside in the tractor. I made an 8x8 pen for them. They seem happy although they're huddled in the corner. I'll worry like a new mom until I see them in the morning... 21 days old today. 21 birds. Weight ranged from 1.2 lbs to 1.8 lbs. Average was 1.6 lbs. Feathering was...
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    First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

    I was just searching and trying to find post from someone that out cx out at 3 weeks and we're fine unless below 40 degrees??? Is that right?? Mine are 3 weeks and cleaning brooder every day is a pain. High 50s to low 60s overnight. Tractor has a covered area. Putting bunch of straw in there...
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    First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

    What's your idea of a long time for growing them out on 18%?
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    First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

    Meyer says to feed Medicated started the first 3 weeks then switch to broiler feed 18% on a 12 hr on 12 hr off schedule. I have 28% meat bird that I'm feeding to my other birds and am wondering if this is too high for the White Broilers. I plan on processing at 9 weeks. thoughts?
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    First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

    My meat birds, called White Broilers, came from Meyer hatchery in Polk, Ohio. I was able to drive the 90 mins to pick them up rather than pay shipping for the 34 chicks. This is my first hatchery experience so I have no results or insight into other hatcheries.
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    THE Brinsea Octagon 20 Eco Thread; Hatches, etc. (PICS)

    Well, I ordered 4 each of Chocolate and bronze eggs from Porter's. He sent me 5 of each. 7 made it to lockdown and 5 hatched!!! My first turkey poults! Collecting eggs to hatch some chicks from my own stock. Love my little Brinsea. I used canned air to spray all the debris out of the top. Clean...
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    Beltsville Small White Turkey

    I received my first SBW poults from Julie Gauthier and am excited to see them grow. I'm curious if anyone has experience with her line. I'd love to show and breed. The babies at two days and one week. I'm tracking weights and growth rates. So, I just got an email from her. Her SBW are from...
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