How big are they at 6mos? I'm guessing they are similar to any other sex link bird, weighing up 8lbs mature and close to 4lbs at 6 months. Just wondering if anyone has experience.
Ugh. I've about had it. It's been nothing but bad luck with these chickens. I started off with 15. They did great.....for about 4 months. Then the winter hit us hard last year. My coop door got frozen open under 2" ice. By time I was able to free it up, my flock was wiped out by a predator...
Kinda frustrated. First batch I had was 15. One escaped from the pen at about 6 weeks, but the other 14 made it to butcher. I picked up another batch of 20. Lost 3 within the first week or so. 17 made it until 5 weeks.... UNTIL today. I lost 10 in the past day. A predator got 1. The other 9...