New pics "GODZILLA" World Record!

[scooter147]

Chef,
I have never raised a meatie long enough to see how long they would live but I think you might be on to something with the free ranging and exercise thing.
My SO's father used to raise chickens and about 4 years ago he had a heart attack and was in the hospital for two weeks, well he had 25 cornish cross about 5-6 weeks old at the time of his heart attack, which we didn't know he had and his wife didn't say anything to us. The reason that is important is she didn't want anything to do with the chickens so she just opened the door to the henhouse and brooder house and just threw food on the ground and water in pan and they were kind of on their own from that point. Well to make a long story short 18 of those birds lived past two years old. I don't know how big they were but they looked like your Godzilla.
He eventually started making stewing chickens out of them and the last rooster died last year in the extreme heat.

 

[Chef]

The vapors!! LMAO! Well he had a girlfriend that was around 15#s but she just recentely kicked the bucket. We would have to grow out another cross for him because he would hurt any other hen. We have him around now for novelty. People that come over get a kick out of him. He eats lots of scraps!


Chef

 

[Chef]

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Cool story. Ya I really think that the free ranging helps substantially. They need to eat greens and be able to move around a be a chicken. Not sure we wiill be able to eat him though. Maybe I'll process him and donate it somewhere (when he dies.)

Chef

 

[cwc362]

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Maybe if you gave him a baby aspirin every once in a while it might help his heart too. But Don't know how much to give him. These jumbos are easy to have a heart attack aren't they. I've read that's the reason most don't live that long.

 

[Chef]

These jumbos are easy to have a heart attack aren't they. I've read that's the reason most don't live that long.

I have read the same thing. The reason why mine usually die though is because we kill them. I know one of the older pullets died from sour crop and the last one that just died we don't know. It could've been infection from where the roo was mounting her or it could have been a heart attack but I'm no DR.

I can say though that they would easily eat themselves to death if you let them.


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[cwc362]

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I have read the same thing. The reason why mine usually die though is because we kill them. I know one of the older pullets died from sour crop and the last one that just died we don't know. It could've been infection from where the roo was mounting her or it could have been a heart attack but I'm no DR.

I can say though that they would easily eat themselves to death if you let them.


Chef

LOL yeah I meant the ones that don't go to the freezer!! I think I got some of these when I was a teenager but didn't know what they were. They were great big beautiful hens and they lived and started laying great big eggs. I had one that layed a double-yolker everyday. But they didn't live to be that old . Now that I know what kind they were , I understand why. At that time I just thought they were a big old fat white hen. This was years ago and I think I paid fifteen bucks for the leftover special and the shipping wasn't that much either. My granny fussed about me getting them but showed off the the eggs we got to all her little old lady friends!

 

[Acre of Blessings]

Talk about a huge 4-H project.

 

[lovemychix]

Nice roo!

 

[Jenlyn9483]

Dude, you should call Guinius and see if he is a record holder. The fame could pay for some food for that fat boy! I raise broilers regulary and free range some and ration their food. I do not feed 24/7. I just feed them 3 times a day. I usually process around 11 weeks they are huge and healthy. I just gave my dad a hen thats probably around 12 weeks old, he is going to try to keep her around as long as she will live and hope she starts laying. I'm interested to see how that will go. I wonder if the broilers start laying earlier or later than regular laying type chickens.

 

[Chef]

We checked out Guiness and it turns out that they don't do animals anymore

So that kinda sucks. We might put him in the fair when it comes around right next to the giant horse

gonna charge 25 cents to look. Maybe he can be a celeb like "Mike the headless chicken"

We'll keep you posted.


Chef