First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

[Fire Ant Farm]

The slow grow broilers,8 days till camp. Trying to pick out the ones to hold back. kinda hard. THEY'RE ALL WHITE

thinking a paint ball gun.lol

In all seriousness, get a sharpie marker. I did that with the neurologically abnormal chick in the brooder because I thought she was blind and I needed to be able to lay eyes on her quickly in a sea of fluff. She got a big purple dot on her head, lasted for weeks. I would imagine the same thing would work for white feathers...

- Ant Farm

 

[duluthralphie]

Does anyone have an extra "Beware of Alligator" sign laying around? pssst JR I mean you....

I think you could sell it in Florida,,

 

[JRNash]

hmmmmm ,might be a leading to scrounge a couple USED signs up.....he he

 

[JRNash]

well today is the day. getting a late start. got the cooler cleaned up. a bucket for chilling,fire built and water is heating up.
I felt a little sad at first but after chasing them all over creation and penning them up in a holding coop,I'm looking for some PAY BACK!!

 

[JRNash]

They can in no way be compared to regular CX. I'm sparing some hensfor eggs. After I get some leghorns they too will go to camp. might keep a couple. U also held back the two best looking Cockrels.

 

[JRNash]

I have no idea of the weight for the feathered fiends. I do know the drumsticks and breast are NOT CX

 

[JRNash]

make that ONE cockrel

 

[JRNash]

was going to wait another 5 days. but it's. a waste of feed.

 

[JRNash]

and 5 back breaking hours later 15 birds are resting under a bed of ice.
I definitely see a scalder and a whiz bang plucked in the near future.

 

[JRNash]

They remind me of the chicken you get from Popeye's. I'm guessing around 4-lbs a piece. Won't be going the slow grow route again.After 12weeks. and the amount of feed I went through they are just not worth it. They were VERY fat. The gizzards were totally encased in fat.