Good luck on the caponizing. Don't leave food out during the day. Only feed at 4-5 pm and when they see the food bucket they will come running. Then put them up for the night. Learned my lesson on that one..
You know, I've been thinking about this and I can buy 50 CX's at Schlecht Hatchery for $76 shipped. More meat, less time, 6-8 weeks My fermenting the feed you can save on the feed bill. I think you might want to check this out. Since you have the plucker and all. Wish I had one.
Such a great post!!! Detailed and lots of good pictures. One thing that is easy to do is to ferment your feed. Save a lot of money, makes the birds a lot healthier and allows their bodies to absorb more nutrients from the food. I'll put a link on for you to check out...