Chronicles of Raising Meat Birds - Modern Broilers, Heritage and Hybrids

[Mosey2003]

They just like doubled or tripled the price to send chicks express, too. A lot of breeders aren't doing it anymore.

 

[jolenesdad]

Just got scanned into the Houston hub! My local is already closed, but, they've called me at 3:30/4AM before, so I am hoping that will happen tomorrow morning and it's not a total loss!

 

[Morrigan]

Just got scanned into the Houston hub! My local is already closed, but, they've called me at 3:30/4AM before, so I am hoping that will happen tomorrow morning and it's not a total loss!

Yeah, the stress of waiting for shipped chicks, then finding dead chicks, is why I've starting doing shipped eggs. It's a low yield, but I'd rather deal with busted eggs and some wonky air sacs than subject chicks to all that stress.

 

[slbenter]

@jolensdad
If you took pics and posted them in your post on the previous page, the link is broken I think.
Can't see them anyway, on my 'puter.And that makes me sad, because Delawares are a breed I'm looking into, to have when this house and coop get finished.

ETA: Ya fixed it!
Adorable chicks, but that baby human takes the cake! Precious!

 

[jolenesdad]

They made it!!! Early 5 AM call from the post office that said “they’re biting my fingers and alive!!!”

+1 for the hardy specialty broilers of Moyers. 26/26 arrived alive!

Right now they’re alternating between eating and sleeping and eating so I just put food everywhere for the morning. Little multi-taskers.

 

[Morrigan]

They look great. I'm excited to get my eggs from Moyers next week.

 

[Bookworm0124]

Today's processing day. Because I'm doing them myself and I have an 8 month old I'm working during nap times so my goal is to do at least the three cockerels. I haven't weighed them lately but they're pretty heavy at 7 weeks. If my day cooperates I'd like to do the pullets Sunday, and then the pekins Tuesday so I can keep fridge space lol. Or I'll just pick up some ice and put them in a cooler. Aside from time, another constraint will be my back lol. I wasn't able to get the table I wanted yet with adjustable legs and hunching over at the processing table hurts after a while lol.

 

[Bookworm0124]

The Delawares are here! Look at those adorably huge crops!

The Delawares were actually supposed to be here yesterday. Not a single scan along the way, and they showed up today, which was still just 2 days. The box had poop on the INSIDE of the top lid, as in, the box clearly spent time upside down. Once chick was dead. One looks a little worse for wear however, is drinking nutri-drench and eating, so, it's got a fighting chance for sure. Overall, those seem like some nice and hearty chicks to survive that journey.

My Imperials should have arrived this morning. ALSO no scans, but a note on the tracking that says "Will arrive late."

Uh.... thanks? Meat birds arriving late is not fun. Fingers crossed that they somehow come in today because they were shipped Monday.

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So excited to see how these do for you!! I probably won't get to them this year because it's getting a bit too late in the season here. But they're on my list for spring.

 

[jolenesdad]

Today's processing day. Because I'm doing them myself and I have an 8 month old I'm working during nap times so my goal is to do at least the three cockerels. I haven't weighed them lately but they're pretty heavy at 7 weeks. If my day cooperates I'd like to do the pullets Sunday, and then the pekins Tuesday so I can keep fridge space lol. Or I'll just pick up some ice and put them in a cooler. Aside from time, another constraint will be my back lol. I wasn't able to get the table I wanted yet with adjustable legs and hunching over at the processing table hurts after a while lol.

Good luck!!!!!! How are the Biels growing???

 

[aart]

Aside from time, another constraint will be my back

OhBoy..I know that song.
Good luck with nap time!