BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

[Lauravonsmurf]

Yes it would totally be great.

 

[aliciaplus3]

Forgive the blurred pic, we butchered a couple older hens and a 20 week old turken rooster today the pic is of the rooster and one of the hens after they were dressed, with the hen on the right. I don't have a good scale so no weights. The hens were 3 year old rir that had quit laying and when we opened them up I understood why, they were quite fat. Not as bad as some I have seen in the past, but enough that I removed a 1/2 inch or so of fat from around their vent area. The rooster was a hatchery stock that showed a good frame, just a little much for the ladies and I needed to reduce roosters so he had to go. I have been hatching out eggs from my mixed flock for several months now with one eye on egg production and the other looking at getting a decent sized rooster so that eating the extera isn't a chore. Lol

 

[Beer can]

aliciaplus3, I'm sometimes quite surprised by the amount of fat on my birds. Dang can't lay good with that in them.

 

[Beer can]

Dropping about a dz NN in the morn.

 

[3riverschick]

Keep any corn out of their diet during laying season . corn , that'll put the fat on the real quick Karen

 

[Beer can]

Only processed four, started late and ran out of steam. Sure am loving the NNs easy plucking. Two of them were crosses and even though they had bowties had no more feathers than the two pure ones and also no hair either.

 

[lpatelski]

Toad project update:
Harambo CX/CX at 23 days 599g - 31.2g per day gain on 40g/day limit feed. .

Betty Boop CX/CX at 23 days 603g - 32.1g per day gain on 40g/day limit feed.

Dino CX/DC-CX at 23 days 534g - 26.5g per day gain on 40g/day limit feed.

Lazur CX/DC-CX at 23 days 431g - 18.9g per day on 40g/day limit feed.
Will be taken off limit feed to catch up.

 

[aliciaplus3]

I will be adjusting the ration especially for our meat roos going forward.

Keep any corn out of their diet during laying season . corn , that'll put the fat on the real quick Karen

Thank you for that. I have started to move away from as much corn in their diets recently, the lay mash that I get from the local co-op (where I work) is heavy on the corn, but it's a decent ration at a good price. I do ferment their feed and I feel that it helps but I will be making a change soon.... actually have been changing slowly over to a diet with more wheat. It will cost me more but I believe it will be better as it will have less soybean meal also. Still planning on fermenting it just changing what I add.

 

[3riverschick]

Well all the cockerels are going to chicken heaven today. I cannot sell the pullets with them so I'm going to eliminate them from the sales ad permanently . it's been a very disappointing year here. oh well, onward and upward.
Karen

 

[YdogsflY]

I had planed to butcher some cockerels last week that didn't make the breeding cut. Then daughter #2 decided she wanted to come out 2 weeks early. So after a few day's stay in the hospital, and a bunch of lost sleep, everyone's home safe and sound. So I'm hoping to butcher this week, though I'm pretty behind on other work.

I called every chicken owner I know to see if they wanted to pick up some of the cockerels for their own purposes. Nobody wants them.