Processing Day Support Group ~ HELP us through the Emotions PLEASE!

[Sally Sunshine]

Gotcha, well I already FF so that's a plus then for sure!

 

[BScott03]

Okay I'm needing help already..... I got 7 silkies and 12 extra males for warmth. We've already decided we're going to eat them (not sure on the breed) but they're soooo sweet to the little silkies. Toughen me up y'all! Lol

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Okay I'm needing help already..... I got 7 silkies and 12 extra males for warmth. We've already decided we're going to eat them (not sure on the breed) but they're soooo sweet to the little silkies. Toughen me up y'all! Lol

Bawahahhaahahhaaaaaa too funny! Don't look at them! look at those gorgeous silkies! how pretty they are, then look at those juicy chicken breasts and bbq legs and yummmmmmmmm

hmmmm I am hungry

 

[Elke Beck]

I don't know, but with CX you have deal with it. I wonder if their gut bacteria is messed up because of so much coming through. From everything that I have read, they have little to know interest in anything remotely related to foraging. If you put something in their pen as a treat, they just walk over it. Not the brightest bulbs on the tree. I have heard people say that with FF that the poop firms up, and they seem to not need as much water. My 10 CX that are 9 weeks old(processing on Saturday) drink about 1 1/2 to 2 gallons of water per day.

I don't use FF, but the feed that I use does seem to help with firming up their stool. It contains a natural botanical supplement that is supposed to aid with digestion. I see firm, normal stool quite often, but still see some pasty poop.

You will be treating them differently than your other birds, and will most likely segregate them from the others.

Mine would go from having firm poop to splattering within the same day. Some of it seemed to have to do with how much water they were drinking. Also, a lot of the food seems to pass through without being digested.

Now that I don't have the CX, I am amazed at how little food and water I am using for the Red Rangers. For 5 CX and 9 Red Rangers I was filling the 3 gallon water container at least once a day. Now I can go two days for the 8 Red Rangers I have left and the mother hen and chicks I have running with them.

Cornish X's are different from other chickens. I did not know how much until I got these 5 chicks. I don't know if I would ever raise them again because they kind of give me the willies.

 

[BCMaraniac]

Bawahahhaahahhaaaaaa too funny! Don't look at them! look at those gorgeous silkies! how pretty they are, then look at those juicy chicken breasts and bbq legs and yummmmmmmmm

hmmmm I am hungry

Sally, we have created a processing monster!!! This support group really worked for you!

 

[Elke Beck]

Okay I'm needing help already..... I got 7 silkies and 12 extra males for warmth. We've already decided we're going to eat them (not sure on the breed) but they're soooo sweet to the little silkies. Toughen me up y'all! Lol

How old are they? Because I always look at cute little fuzzy chicks and think that I could never put them in the freezer, and then they grow up and become nuisances. They are not as cute when they are sparring constantly and molesting the hens.

 

[BScott03]

Bawahahhaahahhaaaaaa  too funny!  Don't look at them! look at those gorgeous silkies! how pretty they are, then look at those juicy chicken breasts and bbq legs and yummmmmmmmm  

hmmmm I am hungry

Hahaha yes you do have a very good point! Gosh idk if I can handle it!!! Lol

 

[BScott03]

How old are they?  Because I always look at cute little fuzzy chicks and think that I could never put them in the freezer, and then they grow up and become nuisances.  They are not as cute when they are sparring constantly and molesting the hens. 

Hahaha! They're just a day old :/ I got them this morning

 

[BCMaraniac]

Mine would go from having firm poop to splattering within the same day. Some of it seemed to have to do with how much water they were drinking. Also, a lot of the food seems to pass through without being digested.

Now that I don't have the CX, I am amazed at how little food and water I am using for the Red Rangers. For 5 CX and 9 Red Rangers I was filling the 3 gallon water container at least once a day. Now I can go two days for the 8 Red Rangers I have left and the mother hen and chicks I have running with them.

Cornish X's are different from other chickens. I did not know how much until I got these 5 chicks. I don't know if I would ever raise them again because they kind of give me the willies.

I can't decide if the water causes the loose stool, or if they are drinking more because of the loose stool.....kind of a chicken-egg thing.

I know what you mean about the willies. My husband calls them Frankenchickens because of the way they walk, and the HUGE breasts!!

 

[BScott03]

Sally, we have created a processing monster!!!  This support group really worked for you!

I'm hoping it really works for me too! Lol