Fugly Farm

[igorsMistress]

@N F C that rooster carcass weighs 4.25 lbs. Not bad! Processed at 20 weeks.

 

[N F C]

@N F C that rooster carcass weighs 4.25 lbs. Not bad! Processed at 20 weeks.

I'd say 4.5 pounds is good!

 

[igorsMistress]

Up to 3 eggs per day reliably.

 

[N F C]

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Up to 3 eggs per day reliably.

Nice!

 

[BlueBaby]

@igorsMistress Those sure beat those store bought one's, huh?

 

[igorsMistress]

Yup.

 

[Trimurtisan]

Nice eggs IM!

I'm thinking about taking my meat bird breeding in a bit of a different direction. Instead of using the Cemani cockerel, I'm going to use a Dampierre cockerel. I was just gifted 2 of them, and they are considerably larger than my AC fella. I'd say 1.5x in size and close to 2x in weight and 1.5 months younger than the AC .

The pictures don't show their size very well, but I'd guess them to be 8-9lbs at 4.5 months old.

Nibbler

Mr Flibble

I'm still going to use the NN and Dorking for the hens. So far the NN pullets have been great. I love their personalities. The young Dork is a sweetheart too! Besides being nice, she's filling in to be rather meaty at her age.

The local fed store is supposed to get more Dorks this Friday. If they do, I'm grabbing 2-3 more while I can. Not getting screwed out of them again.

The female Dampierre actually have a crest, I've been day dreaming of what a cross with a NN would be.

 

[igorsMistress]

Nice eggs IM!

I'm thinking about taking my meat bird breeding in a bit of a different direction. Instead of using the Cemani cockerel, I'm going to use a Dampierre cockerel. I was just gifted 2 of them, and they are considerably larger than my AC fella. I'd say 1.5x in size and close to 2x in weight and 1.5 months younger than the AC .

The pictures don't show their size very well, but I'd guess them to be 8-9lbs at 4.5 months old.

Nibbler
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Mr Flibble
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I'm still going to use the NN and Dorking for the hens. So far the NN pullets have been great. I love their personalities. The young Dork is a sweetheart too! Besides being nice, she's filling in to be rather meaty at her age.
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The local fed store is supposed to get more Dorks this Friday. If they do, I'm grabbing 2-3 more while I can. Not getting screwed out of them again.

The female Dampierre actually have a crest, I've been day dreaming of what a cross with a NN would be.

Beautiful boys Trim! They have nice large breasts and wow they're big. I can see why you would go this direction.

What do you feed your meat birds?

 

[Trimurtisan]

Beautiful boys Trim! They have nice large breasts and wow they're big. I can see why you would go this direction.

What do you feed your meat birds?

Thank IM!

Beautiful boys Trim! They have nice large breasts and wow they're big. I can see why you would go this direction.

What do you feed your meat birds?

Thanks!
In all honesty I'm new to meat birds, and just getting my plans/goals in order. I don't know what a proper diet would be yet. I just decided to raise some for slaughter a few weeks ago. A large portion of why I am going with the NNs are because of what you and @BlueBaby have said about them. How's that saying go... If you can't beat them, join them? No, that's not the one... Imitation is the highest form of flattery, or something like that.

I do have 1 Cornish X and it's been on game feed, but I'm not a big fan of that breeding. It just grows so fast, and disadvantaged. That poor thing is so ugly I almost want to just shoot it and to put it out of it's misery.

Currently my main flock consist of 22 ducks and 4 LF chickens. They free range all day and get supplemented with a mix of all flock and game bird feed. From what I understand that's roughly how the new boys have been raised too.

 

[N F C]

Nice eggs IM!

I'm thinking about taking my meat bird breeding in a bit of a different direction. Instead of using the Cemani cockerel, I'm going to use a Dampierre cockerel. I was just gifted 2 of them, and they are considerably larger than my AC fella. I'd say 1.5x in size and close to 2x in weight and 1.5 months younger than the AC .

The pictures don't show their size very well, but I'd guess them to be 8-9lbs at 4.5 months old.

Nibbler
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Mr Flibble
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I'm still going to use the NN and Dorking for the hens. So far the NN pullets have been great. I love their personalities. The young Dork is a sweetheart too! Besides being nice, she's filling in to be rather meaty at her age.
View attachment 1905331

The local fed store is supposed to get more Dorks this Friday. If they do, I'm grabbing 2-3 more while I can. Not getting screwed out of them again.

The female Dampierre actually have a crest, I've been day dreaming of what a cross with a NN would be.

I sure like the look of your Dampierre boys Trim...any chance you could get a couple of the girls too? Don't know if that would fit in with your plans or not (breeding or meat) but I'd just like to see them