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Hi Ellen. I saw yours there! I didn't have many and I had an appointment, so I was able to go back in an hour and pick them up. I just love the Wilcox's...they're great people.
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These chicks came from JM Hatchery. I only ordered 25 and sold 15 of them immediately. I only wanted 10 for myself since it was my first time ever raising meat birds.
I felt kinda bad/sad this morning when I was loading them up (my DH has NOTHING to do with the chickens, so I have to do everything myself). And I was feeling major guilt on the drive to the processor...but thank goodness it's only 4 miles!
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The one I did was my very first one to process EVER...and it took me a while . I actually didn't mind it, but it's just not something I want to do again. I'd rather pay the $1.35 for someone else to do it...plus, they do it much faster.
ETA: It took me 1 hour to do just the...
I took 9 Colored Rangers to the processor this morning. They were 13 weeks old today and quite large. I fed them 24% grower up until a week ago, and then switched them to 16%. My processor told me that all of them were very tender to the knife...so I can't wait to have the first one for...