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I not 100% sure they are going to be bigger. This is based on by the way the look. I haven't weighed any alive. If I would have had to predict, I would have guessed the Fall ones where going to be smaller, but that doesn't appear to be the case. I will find out Saturday. I always keep track of total butchered weight to determine price per pound.
They were bigger. Average dressed weight was 5.11 pounds. I had several that were 6 3/4 pounds and a bunch a 6's. I did everything the same as Spring. I used the same feed, same tractor, same length of life (8 weeks) and got the chicks from the same place (Meyer). The only difference was weather. In spring, the weather was in the 70's everyday the last 3 weeks of raising them. This batch, temps averaged about 55. Only comparing a Spring and one Fall batch a few more times will determine if weather had anything to do with it. :dunno
I not 100% sure they are going to be bigger. This is based on by the way the look. I haven't weighed any alive. If I would have had to predict, I would have guessed the Fall ones where going to be smaller, but that doesn't appear to be the case. I will find out Saturday. I always keep track of total butchered weight to determine price per pound.
They were bigger. Average dressed weight was 5.11 pounds. I had several that were 6 3/4 pounds and a bunch a 6's. I did everything the same as Spring. I used the same feed, same tractor, same length of life (8 weeks) and got the chicks from the same place (Meyer). The only difference was weather. In spring, the weather was in the 70's everyday the last 3 weeks of raising them. This batch, temps averaged about 55. Only comparing a Spring and one Fall batch a few more times will determine if weather had anything to do with it. :dunno
