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Cornish Chicks Dead - Meyer Made it right
Did we forget about the USPS variable?! My first order from Meyer's was a disaster...but NOT THEIR FAULT! Most chicks arrived dead, chilled by the local PO. My local Post office admitted to allowing them to sit outside overnight, nearly freezing weather, on the loading dock! They said they did...- rbar
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- Forum: Meat Birds ETC
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Meyer has a special on meaties - 30 for $36.90 including shipping
Yes, Cornish Cross. My order was a bit unusual, even for Meyer's usual great service. Unusual: I have not lost a single chick out of the lot, and I probably put them outside a bit too early, too boot. They MUST have a good strain and breeders for their meaties, and seem to be growing out as fast...- rbar
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- Forum: Meat Birds ETC
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CornXDeleware?
A very BIG roll of the dice actually! They are designed pretty much to self-destruct by their creators. Still, they have traits that are desirable, if the obnoxious traits can be curtailed. Really, I think ANY infusion or outcrossing would improve the Cornish X...at least in any of the areas I...- rbar
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- Forum: Meat Birds ETC
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CornXDeleware?
Good information. Tell us more of your project, how you set it up and how it is proceeding. Yes, heterosis will be my biggest problem as I cannot keep the required (several dozen or so) breeding roosters to keep a genetic diverisity as is necessary in birds...I am not a hatchery... Still, one...- rbar
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- Forum: Meat Birds ETC
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CornXDeleware?
I DEFINITELY am keeping my pure Dels, fast growers in their own right, but going to experiment for the Cornish quality as well. Any half-serious effort will take several years before any real, or at least half-consistent, progress is noted, I would think. After all is said and done, I could...- rbar
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- Forum: Meat Birds ETC
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CornXDeleware?
THAT's DelAware, of course...! OK, I have set aside some Del Hens and have a Cornish X rooster trimmed down enough to be able to breed, and as of yesterday, seems to have figured it out... Wehen the hens are laying better I plan to see what they produce, meat-wise. Anyone have reasonable...- rbar
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Coturnix Quail Basics- Information and Pictures Galore
Yep, it WAS my eyesight... The vent sexing confirned she was a he! Roy Quote: -
Still in search of the elusive (mythical?) 1 lb. A&M...
OOPS...just had some of the "runts" for dinner last night...maybe I should have let them have a little longer chance to max out... Naaaaa! I culled pretty heavy out of this batch, out of 70, I will keep about 3 males and 9 females to watch. No need to feed birds that will not make the... -
Still in search of the elusive (mythical?) 1 lb. A&M...
I have obtained some fine birds from several sources, but none of them are close to the 1lb. range, though, my last hatch is more promising. Does anyone know when the weight will peak, or, they have gained their weight potential on average? (One batch only had a 9 oz. bird at 7 weeks, though... -
Can't wait to fry one of my turkeys this year...BUT...
...I got a turkey fryer, but the propane gas hose does not attach to my gas bottle...my bottle is a female brass lefthand thread fitting. The turker cooker hose end looks like a male fitting with a larger plastic ring to tighten it down with...but my bottle fitting has no external threads for it... -
Coturnix Quail Basics- Information and Pictures Galore
Are we SURE females do not crow?! I think one of mine layed an egg today and crowed about it!!! A&M...and I was going to avoid the vent sexing and go by crowing...beginning to question reliability of crowing as a male trait... Maybe I should question the reliability of my eyesight, instead?! Roy -
want to buy quail leg bands
(Why do you need to band the females? I would understand if there were three sexes...) Save yourself some money and go to Walmart...get the small cable ties...adjustable for any size bird. about $2 for one hundred. Yes, they have black and white. RBar Quote: -
Quail Pens/Housing
Finally uploaded your pics...hope this works! (Only question: How do you handle droppings from above?) Quote: -
Baby quail picking on each other.
How much protein is their ration? Might want to up the % by adding crumbled boiled egg yoke. Once they get started it is hard to stop. How crowded are they? RBar Quote: -
How young can you give meal worms?
Last batch, A&Ms and Jujbos, as I was taking the chicks out of the incubator, I noticed a bit of spilled feed, with a single mealworm on it... Just out of curiosity, I dropped it in with the hour-old quail that had been in the brooder for every bit of 1 minute. They fought over the mealworm like...