The lady who gave us our roosters yesterday gave us some really skinny ones. We think she had more roosters than she could afford to feed. Some of the ones that were big enough to kill weren't very meaty at all - while her spoiled silkies were fat little things.
So now I have roosters bordering on crowing (ranging from 2 days to 3 weeks away from it) that are a bit sad for the pot. I would like to fatten them up as much as possible in the next two weeks but I don't want to hamper any of their enjoyment in their last days, so no super hardcore evil diet or anything like that.
Is it possible to fatten with such short notice and how do I go about doing it? Lots of corn? Would the feed store have a special meat bird blend?
So now I have roosters bordering on crowing (ranging from 2 days to 3 weeks away from it) that are a bit sad for the pot. I would like to fatten them up as much as possible in the next two weeks but I don't want to hamper any of their enjoyment in their last days, so no super hardcore evil diet or anything like that.
Is it possible to fatten with such short notice and how do I go about doing it? Lots of corn? Would the feed store have a special meat bird blend?