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So we are in a bit of a pickle. The processor who did our first batch of chickens closes after Thanksgiving. I didn't know this until I called the Monday after Thanksgiving. so now we have 31 chickens that need processed because we don't want to keep them over the winter. but the closest...

How old are yours?

So for our first run of Cornish cross: We bought 30 chicks 2ish weeks old at rural King $0.99 each We lost one somewhere along the way (after we put them outside so who knows what happened to it) We kept 3 for breeding 1 male, 2 we thought were female but we are starting to wonder about one of...

When I rinsed them off they did still smell. It wasn't a horrible smell, just a little pungent smell, I know I've smelled other raw chicken that smelled like that. But the other ones didn't smell at all and I can't remember what is normal :). And yes the water around them was very smelly. I...

We did add ice a couple times a day. When I opened it up this morning all of the ice had melted. Yesterday There wasn't a smell. Today it did have a scent. The yellow and red are actually in the meat of the tenderloin. It's not on top of the meat, it is the meat. I have never seen meat like...

Question for you all. I am cutting up my chickens today. They were butchered on Thursday at noon. 1/2 of them have been in a cooler since then. The other half were in the fridge. The half that were in the cooler smell a little stronger than the half that were in the fridge. Is that normal/ ok...

How do you guys sex your cx? Mine are 2-3ish weeks old (I think, got at rural King, 0.99 older chick special so not positive on age, and the ages vary). And I am wondering when and how I can sex them. We've noticed that some of them have more tail feathers than others. Anyone know if that is an...

I'm sorry to hear about your Sunny. She was beautiful. Here are a couple pictures. Any ideas of what ages they might be? At what age can you start sexing them? I think there might be some varying ages as we had to get them from multiple bins to get all 30. It is fun to watch them grow. Every...

We are planning to free roamthem with our other chickens in our fenced backyard. I'll have to get some pics when I feed them tonight.

I just got my first meat birds and I'm so excited and nervous! I am reading through this thread, there is so much good info here! My husband and I went and picked up 30 Cornish cross at rural King. I am guessing they are around 2 weeks old. They have not a lot of fuzz and not a lot of feathers...