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  1. Mikedero

    How do these weights look?

    Up the protein I used multi flock 22% thru 7 weeks and processed them all at 7 weeks largest was just over 9 pounds and smallest just over 5 pounds processed. the weigfhts your showing I had on some at 4-5 weeks. but I personally if I do them again will process at 6 weeks for a avg weight of...
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    My first and only meat chicken Experience from start to finish 7 weeks total

    Wow what an Experience I am glad that I did this so I know what it takes to raise your own meat chickens. But let me state that this most likely will be my last time doing so at least for the near future. 7 weeks ago I purchased 25 day old Cornish X chickens. I started them in 2 brooders...
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    Connecticut!

    they are all gone thanks
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    Connecticut!

    I have 9, 5 week old layers for free to anyone who can pick up today after 5 pm or tomorrow after 5 PM 3 Americaunas 3 Barred Rocks 3 silver laced wyandotte you can email me at [email protected] Must find them a home ASAP all females and they are already getting big thanks...
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    Dispatching a Rooster

    Ever use a kill cone much easier and drains the blood very fast. Habibs put the chicken/rooster head down with a broom stick over their neck then step on the broomstick and pull up. I find it one of the lesser ways to dispatch a fowl. I think the kill cone method for me works the best.
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    Question on 4.5 week old Cornish X's

    It seems that the bigger ones (Roos) have a pale color to the smaller roos so I processed 2 of them last night and will do 2 each night until done. I am happy with the sizes as there are only 2 of us in the household. After losing the one yesterday and processing the 3 I did this week I have 17...
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    Question on 4.5 week old Cornish X's

    Here is a picture of mine. I lost one last night so I am going to process some each night this week and finish them off this weekend. Oh and I took this picture before I moved them last night I move the tractor each day
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    Question on 4.5 week old Cornish X's

    that works as well. I process half this weekend and the rest next weekend. their legs are HUGE I mean they are bigger then our year old layers
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    Question on 4.5 week old Cornish X's

    So the other day we ran out of Chicken in the freezer and I decided to process a few chicken early 4.5 weeks to restock up the fridge. I processed 4 radom ones the lowest weight cleaned was 4 pounds 1 ounce and the largest 5 pounds 3 ounces. those seem a little big for my understanding. Does...
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    How many batchs of broilers do you do per year?

    Holy chicken batman, think about if you had to hand pluck them LOL
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    How many batchs of broilers do you do per year?

    I never thought of that, I am still goign to do 3 but the Summer batch I am only going to do 10 easy and not that much of a mess.
  12. Mikedero

    How many batchs of broilers do you do per year?

    I should have added that I am on week 4 on my first batch, my next batch will be started next week and my third batch will start at the end of september
  13. Mikedero

    First hot day of year = 5 dead CX

    Heat man I wish last night was 33 degrees I lost one 2 days ago 4 weeks old and it got down to 28 degrees. todays high is 62 degrees we dont get 100 degree days at least until july and then only 3-5 days total per year. But this has me thinking freedom rangers for my summer batch
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    How many batchs of broilers do you do per year?

    This year I am going to do 3 batchs with the first batch doing 24 second batch 40 and the thrid and final batch 40 as well. I am splitting the costs with another person on these so I end up with half the chicken and they pay for 2/3 of everything as I do all the work and we split the work on...
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    Upstate NY Coop - Insulate or Not to Insulate

    Again as I stated each to their own. If I built that it would have filled right up to the top with snow during the blizzard as we had drifts over 6 ft and I would have chickencicles I will stay with what I got, looks cool just does not make sense to me. Not saying it dont work
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    Upstate NY Coop - Insulate or Not to Insulate

    Each to their own. Different folks different strokes I think by insulating them it will help keep some of the day warmth from the sun in there as well as their boddy heat and deep litter methose helps warm it up as well. my coops are ventilated. I see you are in MD I am in CT it gets much...
  17. Mikedero

    Started my second coop half way done and will continue to post as I finish it

    So my second set of 9 layers are 3-4 weeks old time to start on the coop. this past Friday I started the coop is 5X8 kind of liek the purina mills plan. I learned my lesson from my mistakes from my first coop. My first mistake was totally building not where it will be put. Kind of heavy to move...
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    Upstate NY Coop - Insulate or Not to Insulate

    I am insulating both my coops. this past winter was brutal on us in CT sub zero temps and all of them got frost bitten on their combs. sure it grew back I just felt bad for them so bad in fact most days they stayed inside the coop by their choice.
  19. Mikedero

    Who's built a homemade electric scalder?

    just a dumb question a turkey fryer would be cheaper right? ok next time I should read the whole post first
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    Question regarding the 4sq ft rule for coops

    The way my property is and where I want them I cannot put them side by side but they will be end to end at least that is ok. Either way not much changes But I plan on to make both runs 8X20 it will increase the current chickens run by 32 sq ft give them more room. I wish I had more room I...
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