Hoover hatchery Cornish cross mini rant

[rollinrockell]

That's an awesome picture!

One of my favorites. It was hard to to get them to stop circling

 

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Lazy days. I think corn and chicken pair well together.

 

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Help they have eaten the car and the neighbor is missing

 

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week 4
Still gaining about a pound a week. Some gaining more but who am I to judge.
Feeding 12 on and 12 off. All but 2 are roosters not counting the hoovers mini Cornish.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

I ordered 10 buff orpington chicks from Hoover's through TSC.
Luckily they all came alive and healthy. Unfortunately, they sent a mystery chick which turned out to be a meat bird. I don't recommend hoover's at all!

 

[rollinrockell]

I ordered 10 buff orpington chicks from Hoover's through TSC.
Luckily they all came alive and healthy. Unfortunately, they sent a mystery chick which turned out to be a meat bird. I don't recommend hoover's at all!

That's a little bit of a difference in breeds. Someone tried to escape to freedom I'm guessing. Are you planning on keeping it?

 

[shellz131]

ordered meat birds from Purely Poultry and they were small just like the one from Hoovers ..of course eight weeks later you would not have believed they were the same birds as they grow so fast

 

[rollinrockell]

ordered meat birds from Purely Poultry and they were small just like the one from Hoovers ..of course eight weeks later you would not have believed they were the same birds as they grow so fast

my meat birds are growing a little too fast. At week 5 the hoovers have finally caught up.

 

[rollinrockell]

Week 5 is here minus 1 meat bird who couldn't walk very well so it went to camp a little early. Only dressed out at 3 pounds but it wasn't going to make it much longer so didn't want to waste it. I don't know why this group is growing so fast, I haven't done anything different than I normally do. I'm not complaining about the extra meat, I just hope they make it to the 8 week goal.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

That's a little bit of a difference in breeds. Someone tried to escape to freedom I'm guessing. Are you planning on keeping it?

No way. It is cruel to keep a meat bird alive.