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beautiful birds!!!! WOWZA they are growing so fast!

TY Jeff, I read many of your posts and take your advise on all things poultry . ;-) One thing that I contribute to success on this batch is that we are southern state/higher temps for Fall than folks in northern states ... the temps have been steady in the 70's and relatively dry. The temps are...

i could def be mistaken but thought sexlink was from leghorn x RIR (more of an egg layer breed)... just my thought on the matter..but i don't know much...

feed: for the first 2 weeks, i fed chick starter by purina ( not sure of the protein %) 24/7 at exactly 2 weeks they were fed 12 on /12 off / purina flock raiser 20 % I am very far from an expert... or even novice...but it seems to be working thus far.

flip is heart attack... a spasm will make them flip over on their backs... they are found dead laying on back. the only loss i have had thus far was one due to flip at one week old .

I have searched and search for my wk 3 pics and can't find them. I presume they were erased. Here they are week 4 ... 3 lbs [/img]

i weigh mine on a digital postal scale. you can get them at the PO

oh, about the light... and when i put them out... i keep a light on in my tractor too, but not food at night. someone warned me they may "pile up" and suffocate ea other... ( i have 25 in a 8x8x2) they have room, but i did not want to take chances on possibly losing any so i went w. a...

Yes, I have been keeping weights: (approx.. I have not been doing my weigh ins at exactly the same day ea week... so the range in oz there may vary slightly....) wk1 ish : 10 oz wk2 ish : 1.9oz (i think this had a few extra days in the weigh in)meaning i weighed at 2 weeks 3 days i believe...

well, mine have been lil hogglets ( ok, piglets) ya see the hog standing at the feeder!!! lol i went 24/7 on feed for 2 weeks ( right at this age) and then they went to 12on/12 off when put in tractor. at the time of this pic, she was 2 weeks/3 days.

[/img] one of mine at 2 weeks... they grow sooo fast... and the smell!!! shew weeeeeeee! mine had to be tractored asap!!!!!

the difference is amazing!

see what i mean???? and mine were cuties like yours just two weeks ago... see...[/img]

[/img] red swollen butts...

i dont know why, but their butts do swell and are red and they do look like frakenbird.... i can testify to that one.....and yes, they start to mob you for food.... lol. i am on 2 plus wks old. i am glad that poster posted that about their hinnys. i was wondering,'what in the world is wrong...

adorable!!!! lol... mine looked like that for about 2 days... lol..... i have to upload pics too... ;-) what are the dark ones? is that a CX too? how many did ya get?