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Well, I got 15 week weights on the S&G broiler NNs. (Decided to take the morning off work to do it, as there were no meetings.) I did it in the morning so we weren't doing this while it was super hot, but it was not pleasant for them or me - hard to wrestle a giant teenaged boy bird into a weighing bucket that they are convinced will kill them. 
The one I wanted to keep based on stature, bearing, alertness, etc., turned out to also be the biggest. He got VERY upset with the bucket, and there was a little wheezing there at the end. He's super active and alert and acts more acclimated to the heat than the others so I don't know whether to worry, but I'm keeping a number of them (not just one), in case any one of them (including him) doesn't do well in the heat. (Heck, with those struggling big birds in my arms, *I* was wheezing a bit!!!!)
Here they are, 15 wk weights:
60 (black): 156.2 oz (9.76 lbs) - proposed keeper
64 (grey): 140.7 oz (8.79 lbs) - cull (late maturity + mild cross beak)
65 (pink): 130 oz (8.125 lbs)
66 (green): 136.8 oz (8.55 lbs)
67 (orange): 139.7 oz (8.73 lbs)
68 (light blue): 133.9 oz (8.37 lbs)
70 (dark blue): 139.5 oz (8.72 lbs)
71 (purple): 127.8 oz (7.99 lbs)
I'm happy with this - we'll see whether and how much they continue to grow, but they have only JUST started chasing each other and fighting a bit (not too bad), meaning they have gotten to a nice big size before the management difficulties of keeping multiple cockerels together have arisen. And they haven't been broiler slugs.
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The one I wanted to keep based on stature, bearing, alertness, etc., turned out to also be the biggest. He got VERY upset with the bucket, and there was a little wheezing there at the end. He's super active and alert and acts more acclimated to the heat than the others so I don't know whether to worry, but I'm keeping a number of them (not just one), in case any one of them (including him) doesn't do well in the heat. (Heck, with those struggling big birds in my arms, *I* was wheezing a bit!!!!)
Here they are, 15 wk weights:
60 (black): 156.2 oz (9.76 lbs) - proposed keeper
64 (grey): 140.7 oz (8.79 lbs) - cull (late maturity + mild cross beak)
65 (pink): 130 oz (8.125 lbs)
66 (green): 136.8 oz (8.55 lbs)
67 (orange): 139.7 oz (8.73 lbs)
68 (light blue): 133.9 oz (8.37 lbs)
70 (dark blue): 139.5 oz (8.72 lbs)
71 (purple): 127.8 oz (7.99 lbs)
I'm happy with this - we'll see whether and how much they continue to grow, but they have only JUST started chasing each other and fighting a bit (not too bad), meaning they have gotten to a nice big size before the management difficulties of keeping multiple cockerels together have arisen. And they haven't been broiler slugs.
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