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Did 4 of 15 tonight. Will let the girls gain more. Ours dressed out just over 4 lbs. These are cornish rock crosses - white meat birds. What weight do you aim for before processing? The 4 tonight were roosters... they took out 15 other meat birds along with help from some racoons. This was my...

They have a large run - roughly 40'x30' odd shape. They have two houses but only total around 90 sq ft between the two. Even the odd time they slept outside they would all huddle together in an area less than 48 sq feet. Lloyd

We lost a total of 12 meat birds... a few to racoons (which I trapped and sent on to come back as feed in the next life!). The other 10 were by chickens ganging up. Is this do to small house size? They are 12+ weeks. We wanted to grow them a little larger but we need to process over the next few...

Her crop is non existent. She is moving around a bit. Eyes are bright and she is chirping - calling to others I guess. I placed some crumbs in my hand and she ate energetically. I placed about 1/2 teaspoon in the box with her and will check on her later tonight. I hope she is on the mend. She...

Still the same at 7am this morning. Her bowel system is moving based on material in the box. She did try to move bit this morning. I am about to check on her in a few minutes. Thanks.

Thanks all. It is drinking water and chirps when I pick her up. I noticed a large ball below her neck and think this might be her crop... so she might be crop bound. I took her off feed and isolated her. She has lots of water and readily accepts it when I give it too her. Hopefully she is not...

After a 10 year hiatus we are back growing layers and meat birds. I built a new coop and 20'x30' run for them. We picked up the chicks last tuesday. 12 layers and 30 meat birds. The meat birds (30) are doing fine. Initially I had them mixed with the layers but separated them in the coop. We lost...