Fat girls

[cherrynberry]

I’m not sure, as I don’t get to see them before I leave for work in the mornings. I will make an effort to check them Saturday morning

Yeah make sure you do check that their sacs empty out every once in a while, sour crop can be dangerous

 

[Jo Bird]

They are normally raised as meat birds but they look like fluffy beach balls with legs. Since I am not going to be eating them, I was just worried that being so heavy could be a health problem

 

[cherrynberry]

Pictures would help a lot to see if they are tooooo fat or not

 

[Jo Bird]

Pictures would help a lot to see if they are tooooo fat or not

 

[Jo Bird]

I’ll get some recent ones posted tomorrow

 

[Jo Bird]

I’ll get some recent ones posted tomorrow

 

[Jo Bird]

I pick each bird up every day just to give them a once over and it’s very obvious that they are twice as heavy as the other girls I have.

 

[cherrynberry]

I pick each bird up every day just to give them a once over and it’s very obvious that they are twice as heavy as the other girls I have.

Good thing chickens don't care if you talk about their weight in public...

 

[Tonyroo]

Try letting the red rangers forage so there not constantly eating the feed or limit the amount you place out there. That's one way to trim down a bird since your not going to eat them.

 

[Painted Calls]

Birds bred for meat (broilers, CX, etc) must have a restricted diet if you're not planning on butchering them. Just like any other living animal, chickens can and do become obese. Meat birds will absolutely become obese in a very short amount of time. Limit their feed, increase forage. Otherwise you're going to have obese birds with organs shutting down, and legs breaking down.

In the future, I wouldn't buy a meat bird to keep as a layer/pet.