BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

[Our Roost]

I am kind of snickering in wonder over hatching eggs. Kind of curious how the poultry manufacturers produce so many chickens yearly and how they hatch out their birds.

They gotta have a mass amount of breeders to feed the world!

 

[hellbender]

A really tough weekend looming for about 4 people on this farm...I may help. Just like chickens, rabbits can very quickly cover you up, just like 'TRIBBLES'. Jason, Ariel and friends/employees, Betty and Sara will be doing the honors.

 

[JRNash]

Ron, some of my friends on another thread have come close to the one year mark.Real close. And at least one of them has a second generation, Cx hybrid? That is growing into a beautiful hen.

 

[hellbender]

Ron, some of my friends on another thread have come close to the one year mark.Real close. And at least one of them has a second generation, Cx hybrid? That is growing into a beautiful hen.

Did they use a CX cock-bird to cover the CX hen?

 

[JRNash]

He used a Cx cock over something else I will have to ask.

 

[JRNash]

Has anyone thought about hooding a chicken to keep it calm when you caponize it

 

[hellbender]

Has anyone thought about hooding a chicken to keep it calm when you caponize it

That certainly never crossed my mind...I want them to have access to all oxygen available.


EDIT: There's a thought...an oxygen delivery device or set up, under a hood? I just don't know.

 

[dfr1973]

Has anyone thought about hooding a chicken to keep it calm when you caponize it

We put a handknit cotton washcloth over their heads if they are overly nervous. Hubby's job is to keep the birds calm while I operate ... it helps.

 

[JRNash]

Ron, Ralph said he put his Cx rooster over a dixie rainbow. Sounds like he had outstanding results

 

[hellbender]

We put a handknit cotton washcloth over their heads if they are overly nervous. Hubby's job is to keep the birds calm while I operate ... it helps.

Under certain conditions (although I was joking at first), like hot weather etc, a baby sock, fitted loosely over the head with a cannula sending .5 liters of pure oxygen????? If Ariel sees this, she will certainly try it. I may have to mis-mark the acetylene tank to discourage her...