Our babies made it

[ZooSD]

That sounds like it might work. Our temps keep fluctuating and I need to get my last four done, I might try that myself.

 

[daviechik]

6 more birds cleaned, for a grand total of 11 in the last week. Im completely wiped out! Its a nice feeling that our flock is smaller and a little more manageable (since they are going through 50# of grain a week at this point plus veggies)

 

[AvianEgo]

Nice job! My fiance and i plan to butcher any roos that hatch out this year.

 

[ZooSD]

Wow, looks good. Isn't it nice to know there is GOOD food in the freezer for your family and you put it there?
We have a big freezer in the garage and it's starting to get full. Two more today and I'm done for 4wks when I start the next group.

 

[daviechik]

YES it does feel good!!! I without a doubt have an appreciation for our dinner that I hadnt had previously. I have a large chest freezer on my balcony we will put them in.. were just giving it a day or so for the meat to relax before moving to the freezer.

 

[daviechik]

Still have 13 alive and kicking!!! They look great though

 

[ZooSD]

How old are they now? They should be much bigger than the ones you already did. I can't believe in 2 wks I start round two with my second batch of 15. At six weeks they're monsters and we're only one week into their higher protein feed.

 

[daviechik]

They are just over 11wks old now We just havnt done them because the weather has been pretty gross here.

 

[ZooSD]

I did my last 4 at 12wks. The only issues I had with waiting longer were 1. They seemed to have an attitude or at least were more aware of what my intentions were. 2. I had to make my cone bigger and 3. For some reason I seemed to have more pin feathers. I really liked the size though and last night we had a 3.5lb chicken breast for dinner.

 

[daviechik]

I need to do them, logically i know i need to BUT im not the one to do the killing so i have to be more patient than i like