We had a very pleasant day. Thanks Kelly
She's thriving there. I'm so pleased
My doctor said that I might need a few pipes replaced too!
might do the trick!
Your birds look so natural in all that Spring greenery! Reminds me of our front yard before pavering it...Violet & Mini had a blast digging for cutworms
Is theI hired a guy to watch over the kids while I am in town. An ear of corn
for the guy or the kids?
But it seems like they have trained you!!They are all game birds
Much more difficult to train than the other ones.
Angel turned into a little Spitfire (that's the name of a plane tooPoor Mr P. How old is he now?
I had a sleepless night when I moved Angel and “Cassie” (name still under consideration) out to the coop with the other bantam chicks last week. I had kept her in a tote in my shower, with Cassie for company, until I felt I had given her enough support to survive. She was so weak and small. Now I can hardly contain her, the little hellion. She is a very good flier with those big angel wings, and only 4 weeks old now.
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I had some lawn chair “chicken therapy” with the ducks for a few hours yesterday. I think it really helped tame them some more. Today they will even eat BSFL from my hand when in my lap.
Here they are yesterday.
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Can’t remember if I posted yet that one of the chicks we took to try to save ended up being a CX. It is heartbreaking. She is already 4 times the size of the other chicks. I think when it is time we will give her to our neighbors. As a learning experience for their kids about raising animals for food. TSC told me you process them at 6 weeks. Is that correct?? Seems too young.
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And I have my first suspected rooster, one of the chocolate orps. Nestle is definitely getting a much bigger, redder comb and wattles than Hershey.
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) & she flies well too ~ as most bantams seem very capable. So cute!
Depends on the intended use/store wants. Generally they are processed at 7 - 8 weeks. There are 2 different lines of CX, one grows a bit faster/heavier than the other. The slightly faster growing line should definitely be processed by 8 weeks - or you start losing them from heart attacks. The other line can go out another week or two, but not more - UNLESS special feeding guidelines are followed - after the first week, feed is available only for 12 hours a day - removed overnight. Most commercial operations don't want to do that, as it takes them longer to get to weight - which means, over the course of a year, fewer batches, so less money.
