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[Redhead Rae]

Ok, cursed myself.
Just came in with sh*t on my neck and IN my EAR!
The good kind too, looks like pudding but in no way is.



I knew you'd get the gravity of the situation Ron.

So tell me about cornish vs cornish cross. I thought crosses had issues with the fact that they grow so fast. I've heard of them dropping dead before they get to butcher weight. So are heritage cornish better? Do they take a long time to mature?

Give me the dirty details. Someone asked me like I know. LOL

I haven't raised CX yet but they are what 100% of the grocery store birds are (unless labeled as heritage). My understanding is that you need to carefully monitor their feed and they need to be butchered between 7-9 weeks to find the sweet spot between weight and survivability. I want to try some out next year.

I recently had one of my Dark cockerels that we had butchered at 16-18 weeks. He was a bit smaller than your average grocery store bird, but he was SOOOOO tender and juicy. A nice balance between light and dark meat. I will be harvesting my Cornish at that age from now on. If we raise them to 6mo they get rather stringy, but they are still WORLDs more tender than a heritage dual purpose or layer cockerel.

 

[ronott1]

Good morning folks

Nunny, when I raise CX birds they get 18% broiler feed beginning to end. 3 weeks in the brooder and 35 days on fresh grass. I only feed them what they can eat in 45 minutes, twice per day. I'll typically lose about 3% to early death.

Very nice condensed primer for raising CX meat birds!

 

[ronott1]

Good morning!
Everybody is fed and out doing chicken stuff, only had one small chase so that is pretty nice.
Stacey is babying that toe, it is her own fault though.
I finally don't stink!
Decent start to the day, i'll take it.



I know exactly what you mean!
My washer is one of the modern marvels of technology.
I have to say this Whirlpool has kicked the snot out of the Samsung it replaced though "also a freakin robot".
It is as simple as they get these days but still way more buttons than it needs.
I got a front loader this time too, my stature makes a top loader kind of awful lol.
Now the robot dryer that matches, really iv'e got nothing but nice things to say about it.
I actually went head first into new tech with it since it is an energy effecient dryer....it works reeealy well, im as shocked as anyone.

I think that the new models of any make are much better!

We bought a new washer and dryer set last year and they are amazing! They do things that I have not even uses yet--that involves steam

 

[21hens-incharge]

I finally got to clean the big coop.
Big dogs are outside. Tiny dog napped and I cleaned.

I took out the extra nest boxes and roosts that were put in when I had new birds and broody butts.

It feels much more roomy in there.

Next puppy nap is the smaller coops turn.

I feel MUCH better about my birds living conditions now.

 

[Chickassan]

What a day...all I can say about that lol!
Nothing too bad just weird as all get out, hubs is being much too nice which makes me worry.
I kid ya'll not he did not leave for work until nearly time to put the kids to bed, needless to say I wasn't amused at all.
Rooster land is freaky as ever, Prince acts like Negan is the devil he jumps like he's been shot if he gets within two feet of the boy.
Keep in mind he's never truly flogged him or went for the girls which surprises me.
I guess he's got Renee's nervousness, they're all a little special in that group.
I took a bag of suet nuggets out for treats, older kids ran to it and younger kids saw a bag and freaked the fudge out lol! Kiwi went to the back of the fence, the terror was that real. I swear you'd think I shook their eggs or something.

I finally got to clean the big coop.
Big dogs are outside. Tiny dog napped and I cleaned.

I took out the extra nest boxes and roosts that were put in when I had new birds and broody butts.

It feels much more roomy in there.

Next puppy nap is the smaller coops turn.

I feel MUCH better about my birds living conditions now.

Ugh, iv'e got to do that too very, very soon.
The doo doo sea is mighty angry and my boat is very small.
I do really and truly need a bigger rake and shovel, mine are for kids they worked great for four not so great for fifteen.

 

[21hens-incharge]

What a day...all I can say about that lol!
Nothing too bad just weird as all get out, hubs is being much too nice which makes me worry.
I kid ya'll not he did not leave for work until nearly time to put the kids to bed, needless to say I wasn't amused at all.
Rooster land is freaky as ever, Prince acts like Negan is the devil he jumps like he's been shot if he gets within two feet of the boy.
Keep in mind he's never truly flogged him or went for the girls which surprises me.
I guess he's got Renee's nervousness, they're all a little special in that group.
I took a bag of suet nuggets out for treats, older kids ran to it and younger kids saw a bag and freaked the fudge out lol! Kiwi went to the back of the fence, the terror was that real. I swear you'd think I shook their eggs or something.




Ugh, iv'e got to do that too very, very soon.
The doo doo sea is mighty angry and my boat is very small.
I do really and truly need a bigger rake and shovel, mine are for kids they worked great for four not so great for fifteen.

You took suet nuggets out there?!? Like MUSKET BALL looking things?

I may have to try that. Mine have been far to calm lately.

Tomorrow will have to be the day for Bitty's house. Things were reasonable when it was just me and the critters. That ended about 3pm.

I did go get chicken food this evening. What I wanted was past its prime so I got a different brand. Still a 20% protein so that's good. I have enough of the other to transition them properly too.

Oh and I oiled the door hinges.
No more squeaky door.

 

[Chickassan]

If you mean these guys, then yes I took a bag of musket balls out.
They remind me of catfish chow, they must taste pretty good the kids mob me for them buuut the trips have never seen "tha bag".
Bag is terror, instant terror the look the oldies had was hilarious.
I forget just how deep the derp runs in this group sometimes.

You took suet nuggets out there?!? Like MUSKET BALL looking things?

I may have to try that. Mine have been far to calm lately.

Tomorrow will have to be the day for Bitty's house. Things were reasonable when it was just me and the critters. That ended about 3pm.

I did go get chicken food this evening. What I wanted was past its prime so I got a different brand. Still a 20% protein so that's good. I have enough of the other to transition them properly too.

Oh and I oiled the door hinges.
No more squeaky door.

 

[drumstick diva]

sounds tasty

 

[rjohns39]

Good morning folks

 

[21hens-incharge]

Good morning folks

Morning Bob.

Morning everyone just waking up.
Coffee is hot and ready.