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  1. dustyw

    owl in my meatie pen

    Well if he gets stuck in there again, that will be his last time. Maybe I could get him stuffed and hang outside so my unruley rooster will behave.
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    owl in my meatie pen

    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...
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    my first 3 cornish x were great!

    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...
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    my first 3 cornish x were great!

    The subject line and the pic speaks for them self!
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    hatchery strains of cornish x

    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.
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    hatchery strains of cornish x

    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...
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    29 cornish x's going to butcher monday ??

    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...
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    my meaties are HOT!!!!

    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...
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    my meaties are HOT!!!!

    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...
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    help identify free chick

    kentuckysilkies thanks for the reply that helped
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    help identify free chick

    Can anybody tell me what this chick could be? It was the free exotic chick from McMurray Hatchery. Any idea on sex of it. Thanks,
  12. dustyw

    3 wheelin chicken

    Out of 8 chickens, I have 1 that likes to climb on everything. Last night I found her on my 3 wheeler. She sat there for a while.
  13. dustyw

    first night out for the meaties, storming and pouring down rain!

    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...
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    first night out for the meaties, storming and pouring down rain!

    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...
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    first night out for the meaties, storming and pouring down rain!

    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...
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    Do I have to order more chicks?

    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...
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    pvc tractor fittings availability and cheapest price

    I'm thinking I would just drain it everytime.
  18. dustyw

    pvc tractor fittings availability and cheapest price

    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...
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    pvc tractor fittings availability and cheapest price

    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...
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    pics of my meaties! first time raising

    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...
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