This morning on my way out to feed the meaties I noticed a large bird in the PVC coop. Once I got closer I realized it was the biggest owl I have ever seen. He killed 2, but was pretty frantic trying to get out. I opened the door and he flew out. I decided to let him go this time, but next time...
I strarted with 29 and ended up with 23. 2 of the deaths were my fault and the other 4 all died the same day and I am blaming the extreme heat for that. The birds were 8 weeks and 2 days old. I didn't weigh any of them, but they all seemed pretty big to me. I went through 5 bags of feed, I...
Well I ended up ordering 100 meaties, splitting 50 with a friend, 2 silver laced polish and 2 golden laced polish hens for the kids and the total came to $138.??. I didn't think that was too bad.
I raised my first batch of cornish xs and had them butchered monday, they were 8 weeks old. I ordered them from mcmurray and was very pleased with them. Out of 29, I lost 6. 2 of them was my fault and 4 was the extreme heat we had last week. I am going to order 50 this time and found meyer...
I have 29 x's going to freezer camp on monday. They are charging $2.05 a bird whole. I think that seems like a fair price. I am having a problem visualizing how many coolers or those plastic storage containers with ice to take to hold them all. They will be bagged and ready for freezer when He's...
I have them in a pvc pen with a tarp over 1/2 of it. Today I propped up 1 corner of it and turned the sprinkler on and it misted them most of the day. Plus I have a fan at the other end. I also did the frozen water jugs and I froze all the watermelon rhines and gave them some this afternoon and...
My cornish xs are 5 weekes old and its really hot and humid here in Ohio. Suppose to get worse as the week gets worse. I found 1 dead bird this morning. I put a fan on them, put ice in there water and emptied the ice maker on the ground were they usually sit. Is there anything else I could do to...
Well I checked on them in the morning and one was dead. He appeared to be smothered by the rest of them. They were all crowded around and on top of him. I even brought the heat lamp back in the garage for them.The rest seem to be doing good. I might try to move them back out around the middle of...
We brought them back into the garage. They were cold and wet. My garage is 85 plus I turned on the 250 watt heat lamp. THey are starting to move around to eat and drink. I guess I was all excited about getting the pvc tractor done and thought it would be great if they were out of the garage. I...
My cornish xs are 2 weeks old today and I booted them out of the garage about 4 hours ago. I just finished my pvc tractor with half covered with a tarp and one corner has a small piece of tarp on it. I hope they will be ok. Not a good first night out. They have never been in the dark either. The...
So my 28 cornish x's are 10 days old and doing great. I ordered from mcmurray and they sent 1 free "rare" chick. I am planning on sending the x's outside at 3 weeks, but the other one will have to stay in for 6 weeks, I think. So do I need to order some more so he or she is not lonely when the...
Thanks for the replies but I just found on the internet all the 3, 4, and 5 way fittings for $52.00 shipped. I hope thats not too much, but thats as cheap as I could find. I will post a pic of it when I get it completed. Does anybody have any thoughts on putting some valves on it and filling it...
I am going to build a pvc tractor for my meaties and want to buy the 3 4 and 5 way fittings local or somewhat close, don't want to order over the internet. Did any body find them at a big box store or chain store? All the fittings on the internet say furniture grade, is there a cheaper grade...
Thanks for the compliments. Dogfish, I was just going to ask about the golfball in there butts. Are they suppose to look that way? I just got in from the garage and this is the first I noticed it. The front and rear looks swollen. I hope you can tell me thats normal. I have been feeling pretty...