Last fall sold off the extra 6 pairs of Mandarin ducks. By spring a pair returned and last week another pair with 13 fledglings returned. No one has called about missing ducks; unfortunately I kept no record of who bought them. The four adults have our ID closed bands on their legs so I am...
I have seen this happen once. When I realized what was going on I grabbed him up hanging him upside down (by the feet) and slightly shook him to get him to flap his wings. While the wings were beating I delivered a sharp (open handed) slap on the back between the wings. Out popped a glob of...
If you feed 24/7 youll probably do fine until you get past the 5th week. That is when leg/hip and heart problems will show up. The big boys feed this way. They process them between 4-5 weeks of age yielding a 2 to 3.5 pound carcass. If the goal is 4-6 pound dressed weight you must prescribe...
Most common diseases in poultry will not harm you if you eat it after it is well cooked.
I prescribe to the belief that if the animal or poultry looks sick it gets feed to the cats and dogs after boiling for 40 minutes. This may be overkill but to error on the safe side is best.
goatranch,
Out of your next batch of cornish x save a hen or two and breed them to your DP roo. The cornsh x roo could injury your much smaller DP hens.
Good Luck
A link from an organic view point;
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF/coccidiosis.pdf
We use prebiotics/probiotics from day one, haven't had a problem with it in fifty+ years raising all sorts of poultry.
spring peeper
The time from start to processing for Thanksgiving is 14 weeks that is 2 weeks shy of 16 weeks.
10ducks
Calf-manna is the most familiar calf supplement brand. The nutrient content consists of many trace and micro nutrients to include amino acids from multiple protein sources. It...
Just returned from weighing some of our 30 month old cornish xs in our breeding program (the first birds we started with). The Roosters weigh 31-5, 30-9 and 30-1 (pounds-ounces); the 15 hens weigh from 26-4 to 29-10. They still are laying 4-5 eggs/week. Haven't lost one and all are in very good...
I have a 26 pound 4 ounce cornish x (Big Boy). He is 14 weeks old yesterday. He crows and mounts turkeys that are laying down to rest. When they stand up he usually falls off and starts to run like crazy because he knows that turkey is going to chase him around the 1/2 acre pen at least once. He...
Weight chart for Toms (BB)
age in wks Live Weight
10 14
16 29
20 39
22 43
They should be about 27 pounds live weight, keep them on 24% protien (or higher) and add 5% calf manna the whole...
tboneranch;
Google prebiotics and probiotics for information on their benifits.
I make yogurt with whole raw milk using 5 capsules of PB-8 Probiotics opened and stirred into 1 gallon of milk when it is warmed between 105 to 110 degrees F. Divide up into pint canning jars with lids and place...
We have kept turkeys and chickens together for over 50 years never using medicated or inhibitor laced feeds of any sort. So far this year 4300 cornish x and 850 BBW turkeys with only 11 losses.
The farms on both sides have lost poults to blackhead repeatedly and when I suggested feeding pre &...