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  1. JMotuzick

    When can I take chicks away from a Brody hen?

    Last night I moved her to the tractor with the meaties. She took right to mothering them again! Was eating and at full attention. Today the same :)
  2. JMotuzick

    When can I take chicks away from a Brody hen?

    no brooder box, they are outside on grass in a chicken tractor. They are 3/4 her size! Cornish cross
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    When can I take chicks away from a Brody hen?

    We don’t need any more chicks and the eggs are not viable. Plus she is still Brody!
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    When can I take chicks away from a Brody hen?

    We have a Brody hen, she sat for 5 weeks and the eggs where not good. We went to TSC and brought home 6 Cornish crosses. She mothered them for 4 weeks. When we took care of our other meaties, I put the 4 remaining in the tractor. It’s been 48 hours and Moma has been sitting on the fresh eggs...
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    Letting meat rest

    I’ll put mine in the fridge and let everyone in our group know to do the same. Thanks for the help
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    Letting meat rest

    We have done a few batches of Cornish crosses now and have found the breasts to be a bit chewy or tough when cooked. We have been doing zero resting, basically dispatch pluck, part out and freeze. Everything I’ve been reading on line shows resting for the entire bird. Should we let the parts...
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    Cornish cross leg and heat issues

    Wedding went well the rain that broke the heat wave had perfect timing! The meaties all survived it, now the next wave is 1-4” of rain! Out doing chores and my buddy dropped off the plucker. Hoping for a good week of growth and good processing day next week.
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    Cornish cross leg and heat issues

    I think we are out of the heat for a bit. Calling for low 80’s tomorrow still humid. 70’s after that for a few days! Thanks for the support :):)
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    Cornish cross leg and heat issues

    No free time until Saturday, my wife’s youngest sister is getting married. Plus my buddy hasn’t dropped the plucker yet, although he did text and said it would be here this week.. about 5lbs love weight, so we would like a bit more growth.
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    Cornish cross leg and heat issues

    We do have a couple of those “tents”, maybe I’ll put one up in the AM
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    Cornish cross leg and heat issues

    Happy to report the Water seams to be keeping the panting down and none passed today! Shade from trees have covered the tractors for the night. We just had a thunder storm come in and now the sun is back out! Once the rain stops, I’m headed out to check on them but for today I think we are out...
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    Cornish cross leg and heat issues

    The other tractor has a larger tarp and it hangs over a couple inches on each end. I’ll pull it back some tonight but it’s basically the same set up. Just hoping to get through this heat wave butcher in 10-20 days.
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    Cornish cross leg and heat issues

    Dry food, the trough had standing water after a shower last night, dry this morning.
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    Cornish cross leg and heat issues

    I found this from a few weeks ago when they went outside. My German friend was just checking them out!
  15. JMotuzick

    Cornish cross leg and heat issues

    Using the John scovitch style hoop houses. We have fans running a cord won’t take much. That roo I had to move seams to have leg issues when he does walk it’s with a bit of a limp. I figured cutting back on the food will help him grow into his legs!
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    Cornish cross leg and heat issues

    Sorry no pictures on my phone. I was able to move them both at sun up today. I did move one larger roo across the tractor for fear of crushing in, as it was not moving. I was a bit light on the amount of feed and plan on skipping the afternoon feeding. My wife will pop in at lunch to give them a...
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    Cornish cross leg and heat issues

    We have raised both rangers and crosses for meat in the past, so we are not new. last year we took our time as we where not going far due to COVID. This year, we are planing a few trips and would like to butcher In the advertised 8 weeks. We have been using the 12 on/off feeding method rather...
  18. JMotuzick

    Connecticut!

    We would be willing to add them to our egg flock, other then the EE these are all breads we do not have. We are about 90 minutes north east of you. Check out my profile and a thread I had started about 2 years ago for pictures of our current set up. Our flock is made up of full sized breads, but...
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    Chicken tractor wheels?

    we Use the tractor for our meat birds only, they start in the tractor At about 10-14 days. When they are young the tractor might sit for 2 days between moves. The wheels stay off until About 6 weeks, this means lifting and installing the wheels and then removing again at every move. Once older...
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    Chicken tractor wheels?

    I drilled a hole in the 2x4 that makes up each side of the tractor base. The axle is the full width of the tractor, in my case 6’ plus 6” on each side for the wheels. The axle/wheels are out board of the tractor, but it could be done the same way in board.
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