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  1. lazy gardener

    Dixie Rainbows/Pilgrim chickens - first meaties

    Impressive.
  2. lazy gardener

    Dixie Rainbows/Pilgrim chickens - first meaties

    Nice write up, mixitman. can you tell me how long it took to process your birds? (man hours)
  3. lazy gardener

    Dixie Rainbows/Pilgrim chickens - first meaties

    I don't think there's any way you can compare the action in a compost pile to the action in a chicken's gut. Any material that has high nitrogen content going into a compost pile is going to have more nitrogen than the finished compost. And, if those broilers were given FF, they would not be...
  4. lazy gardener

    Dixie Rainbows/Pilgrim chickens - first meaties

    You'll also see research that states that the chicken on FF has a healthier gut, seen on cross section with increased villi. The probiotics in the FF make the chicken more able to utilize the nutrient in the FF, resulting in less poo stench. So, George: perhaps the reason why chicken poo is...
  5. lazy gardener

    Dixie Rainbows/Pilgrim chickens - first meaties

    Regarding keeping and breeding your own flock for eggs and or meat, a very wise BYC mentor once said: Keep the birds you want to eat, eat the birds you don't want to keep. Same for eggs. Save your best eggs for hatching, and eat the ones that aren't the best.
  6. lazy gardener

    Dixie Rainbows/Pilgrim chickens - first meaties

    My Pioneers came from MMc. All roos were barred, all females were not. As the coloring was similar, I don't think this was a deliberate cross to produce sex linkage, but just think that they ended up using a barred hen for their particular cross. I don't know that all hatcheries use the same...
  7. lazy gardener

    Dixie Rainbows/Pilgrim chickens - first meaties

    Let me play the devil's advocate here, and ask, "Why can't they be bred?" Yes, they are hybrid birds. Evident by the barred feather on males, and non-barred females. They don't seem at all prone to the issues that plague the CXR. The females make respectable layers. So, they won't breed...
  8. lazy gardener

    Dixie Rainbows/Pilgrim chickens - first meaties

    Are yours Dixies or Pioneers? I think that they are the same basic bird with each hatchery choosing their own name. My Pioneer roos were all barred. So, I bet the head dot is definitely a boy. One pullet that I kept, actually had green legs, but they became more yellow as she matured.
  9. lazy gardener

    Dixie Rainbows/Pilgrim chickens - first meaties

    I agree that the roos can be a bit aggressive with the ladies (and with each other) I ate all my boys. They were tasty, but those long legs won't fit in my small crock pot! I have to use the 5 qt model! Love my Pioneer pullet. She's a very nice layer with a good personality. But, I notice...
  10. lazy gardener

    Dixie Rainbows/Pilgrim chickens - first meaties

    Fermented feed gives the birds a dose of pro-biotics, cuts down on feed consumption because their guts are better able to digest the nutrients in the feed. Their poo doesn't stink as bad. Read the fermented feed thread for info.
  11. lazy gardener

    Dixie Rainbows/Pilgrim chickens - first meaties

    Are you giving them fermented feed? That will cut way down on your feed bill and make their poo much easier on the nose, and easier to clean up also.
  12. lazy gardener

    Dixie Rainbows/Pilgrim chickens - first meaties

    I can tell you that I ordered 10 Pioneers last spring. Lost one chick early on. The rest did great, and mingled with my layer chicks/hens well. They were all sent to freezer camp except for one Pioneer gal who won a hard earned space in my layer flock. She's a well behaved gal, was the first...
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