Got my new batch of X today, along with 2 new BB turkeys- 1 bronze, 1 white.
I spent a couple hours building the cheapest fence I could ever dream of . . .
I had the posts and concrete, bought a roll of 5'x50' chainlink and some heavy poultry staples.
I "borrowed" the 2x6 from the pile at work.
Spent $68 for a 5'x 40' dog-proof fence, not bad.
I finished what I could today, need to build the gate and move my coop into place.
The BB turkeys(still have few more on order from another store) will live with the cornishx in a section of the new, dog-proof chicken yard.
The main yard is gonna be for the hen chicks.
Anyways, these new cornishx(got 20 this go-round) look really good, not a pasty butt in the bunch and more importantly, all the same size.
The last batch the dog got had to have 1/2/3 week old birds, from the same bin at the same store(I wasnt there to choose).
I did get the 2 largest BB poults they had, 1 of each color.
They seem tall but lanky right now, and I estimate their age to be 4 weeks this thursday, as they look almost identical to the poults my dog got.
These ones are a bit thin from being at the feed store for so long, but should fatten up on some broiler/gamebird mix . . .
All the meat birds are in the infamous tractor right now, and the shock collar has fresh batteries in it . . . The new run should be finished by tomoro.
I spent a couple hours building the cheapest fence I could ever dream of . . .
I had the posts and concrete, bought a roll of 5'x50' chainlink and some heavy poultry staples.
I "borrowed" the 2x6 from the pile at work.
Spent $68 for a 5'x 40' dog-proof fence, not bad.
I finished what I could today, need to build the gate and move my coop into place.
The BB turkeys(still have few more on order from another store) will live with the cornishx in a section of the new, dog-proof chicken yard.
The main yard is gonna be for the hen chicks.
Anyways, these new cornishx(got 20 this go-round) look really good, not a pasty butt in the bunch and more importantly, all the same size.
The last batch the dog got had to have 1/2/3 week old birds, from the same bin at the same store(I wasnt there to choose).
I did get the 2 largest BB poults they had, 1 of each color.
They seem tall but lanky right now, and I estimate their age to be 4 weeks this thursday, as they look almost identical to the poults my dog got.
These ones are a bit thin from being at the feed store for so long, but should fatten up on some broiler/gamebird mix . . .
All the meat birds are in the infamous tractor right now, and the shock collar has fresh batteries in it . . . The new run should be finished by tomoro.
