Raising our 1st set of CX meaties

[Angelicisi]

On a lighter note, Crook neck gal is doing well. Yay! Least I know I can fix somethin. Shes gained a bit of weight, head *almost* straight and bumping the others outta the way at the feeder

 

[CackedNut]

On a lighter note, Crook neck gal is doing well. Yay! Least I know I can fix somethin. Shes gained a bit of weight, head *almost* straight and bumping the others outta the way at the feeder

. Great news. Good luck with the rest of the nuggets!

 

[aoxa]

HA! Mine do this now and it is insane. Not cute after 3 weeks. At 6 weeks it is mildly annoying, two more weeks and you are not looking forward to feeding time - and thinking up plans to distract them while you fill the troughs

If my CX have any issues with legs, it's because of me stepping on the feet at feeding time. We use a trolly and accidentally broke a foot because they don't move :|

Feeding time is the only thing I did not like about the CX. Love them otherwise! I have one laying now

 

[Angelicisi]

Lol I really thought one was gonna get smushed.

HA! Mine do this now and it is insane. Not cute after 3 weeks. At 6 weeks it is mildly annoying, two more weeks and you are not looking forward to feeding time - and thinking up plans to distract them while you fill the troughs  

If my CX have any issues with legs, it's because of me stepping on the feet at feeding time. We use a trolly and accidentally broke a foot because they don't move :|

Feeding time is the only thing I did not like about the CX. Love them otherwise! I have one laying now

 

[aoxa]

Here are a couple of videos of my CX free ranging

12 weeks

Can't remember the age.. I think 5-6 weeks.

 

[Angelicisi]

You are the person that started my CX obsession lol I actually wanted to do CX, then research made me so not want to do them lol...then I googled non-caged/tractored and found your thread. thanks for that. I love your videos & pics, they crack me up and prove they can be ranged and active.

Here are a couple of videos of my CX free ranging 12 weeks Can't remember the age.. I think 5-6 weeks.

 

[Angelicisi]

47 doing well today.
Lovin the FF.

 

[aoxa]

You are the person that started my CX obsession lol
I actually wanted to do CX, then research made me so not want to do them lol...then I googled non-caged/tractored and found your thread.

thanks for that.

I love your videos & pics, they crack me up and prove they can be ranged and active.

Awesome!

They are looking good!

 

[Angelicisi]

I keep expecting to check and find a dead one :/ but have been very happy to have Not! They ate like monsters today.

Started grains in their FF yesterday night, fed this morning & added a small bowl of sand like the 1st time. Neat watching them take turns at the sand so nicely and then trample each other for feed lol How do they just *know* they need that lil nibble vs just gobbling it up? Love nature

They're weighing in at an average of 4.5 ounces.

This girl is obviously not hungry...

 

[Angelicisi]

This is the other thing we did. Add more heat. Hubby set up a heater with a thermostat, they're still down stairs. We didn't want to expose them to the weather this weekend. Got sorta really Frickin cold here for the last few days & with the losses we started having we wanted them close by.

They get colder a lot more than layers do. I lost one at 4 weeks because it was too cold then, he was fully feathered and it was 80. The cold starts the fluid problem they get. I have found if they start getting slow and get that fluid buildup in either the chest or bum they can be recovered by extra heat. I had one that required heat until processing so I put a heat lamp in their outside pen on only one roosting spot. That one always went for the heat when the others went for the cooler spots.