First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

[JRNash]

It's normal for a Cx

 

[JRNash]

Their feathers will grow in provided you wait long enough

 

[JRNash]

Like he said. You can use this as an excuse for another freezer, too! Let her pick out the freezer.

Picking out a freezer will NOT be nearly enough.lol

 

[duluthralphie]

Picking out a freezer will NOT be nearly enough.lol

Either way she is gonna be PO'd so why hold back?

Get 400!

 

[JRNash]

Ralph,that is tooooooo many. 200 is probably 150 too many.

 

[duluthralphie]

Ralph,that is tooooooo many. 200 is probably 150 too many.

Now what is the purpose of the chickens? Is it to bring your wife to her knees begging and pleading with you..or to fill your freezer with the right amount of food?


Me I go for the begging and pleading everytime...

 

[hellbender]

That works, the problem is a bird that matures at 10-12 pounds is not going to give you a large table bird until maturity. By the time they mature the meat is not as tender or good.

AI is out as it is gross! As JR said, getting a large bird that can reproduce naturally is a problem. I am not ready to give up on it. BUT it is a challenge.

We caponize/poulardize most of our birds so a medium sized bird is just what we need and we let them mature .....as long as 16 or 20 months. In our opinion these make the best table birds for us and the folks we sell to demand birds that aren't as big as turkeys and pay a super-premium price. Yes, it takes time and is a pain in the rear but it works out well enough for us at $70 to $85 per bird.

Jason

 

[JRNash]

That's. Very impressive

 

[duluthralphie]

We caponize/poulardize most of our birds so a medium sized bird is just what we need and we let them mature .....as long as 16 or 20 months. In our opinion these make the best table birds for us and the folks we sell to demand birds that aren't as big as turkeys and pay a super-premium price. Yes, it takes time and is a pain in the rear but it works out well enough for us at $70 to $85 per bird.

Jason

Extremely impressive. The market here would never bear that.

 

[hellbender]

Extremely impressive. The market here would never bear that.

Nor would our economy except that we are located close to three very popular ski resorts and what is surprising, two high end eateries in Morgantown, location of WVU, have inked deals for this coming fall with options.

We assured them there will be no increase in price but to the contrary, the more they buy above what is already dealt for, the prices can be far more favorable to their businesses.

Jason