Making Lemonade [Selective Culling Project - very long term]

[Appalachian homestead]

Have you looked at bielefelders? Rural king has had some for sale in the past.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Really expected more weight from that bird. 4#?

He's almost 7lbs at 4 months.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

He's almost 7lbs at 4 months.View attachment 3302250

Told you I was bad at this. How big is that egg he's standing next to????

 

[MysteryChicken]

Told you I was bad at this. How big is that egg he's standing next to????

That's a large apple he's snacking on.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Told you I was bad at this. How big is that egg he's standing next to????

I think that's an apple, lol

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Glasses. and Coffee. but mostly glasses. It was a long late night last evening.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Glasses. and Coffee. but mostly glasses. It was a long late night last evening.

I'm tired too. Got waken up early this morning by loud turkey clucking outside my window. Our Bourbon Red Jake flew the coop, I had to go out there, & put him back.

 

[NatJ]

Glasses. and Coffee. but mostly glasses. It was a long late night last evening.

It looked like an egg to me, too.
But I didn't think about how big it was relative to the chicken, just idly wondered why someone would take a photo of a male chicken with an egg.

 

[crystlln]

Here's another vote or good word for bielefelders. Butchered my bielefelder mixes Saturday at not quite 17 weeks. Not competing with Big Fatty though.
Live weights: 5.2, 5.2, 5.4, 5.4, 5.6.
Processed weights: 3.3, 3.6, 3.8, 3.8, 4. Plus 1 lb of giblets and 1lb of chicken feet.

Surprisingly/happily my Barred rock/Bielefelder mixes caught up with the Rhode island/Bielefelder mixes I had high hopes for a month ago. Wish I had done weekly weights, but I always would like more data!

Pictured: They spent the night in the garage to clear them out.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Here's another vote or good word for bielefelders. Butchered my bielefelder mixes Saturday at not quite 17 weeks. Not competing with Big Fatty though.
Live weights: 5.2, 5.2, 5.4, 5.4, 5.6.
Processed weights: 3.3, 3.6, 3.8, 3.8, 4. Plus 1 lb of giblets and 1lb of chicken feet.

Surprisingly/happily my Barred rock/Bielefelder mixes caught up with the Rhode island/Bielefelder mixes I had high hopes for a month ago. Wish I had done weekly weights, but I always would like more data!

Pictured: They spent the night in the garage to clear them out.

Big Fatty is a Bantam/Dwarf anyways, born from standard sized parents. Her brother is the big one.