Raising our 1st set of CX meaties

[Angelicisi]

Oh my gosh, a CX chick just tried to fly...off a 2nd story perch :/

Lol she's ok! But Daaaang I was nervous and she was scared of me trying to get her lol

 

[LindaB220]

Oh my gosh, a CX chick just tried to fly...off a 2nd story perch

Lol she's ok! But Daaaang I was nervous and she was scared of me trying to get her lol

I love it. These are the CX slugs that can't move right? Everybody should look at this.

 

[Angelicisi]

Ya I wish they were at this point , I have to round them up from 2 acres away And she keeps coming back like its a game.
I have marked her so I can see if that muscle death thing is triggered. That's a lil more than a startle lol She's a smaller one and we will be processing in sets at different times, she'll be one of the last sets.

 

[foreverlearning]

Oh my gosh, a CX chick just tried to fly...off a 2nd story perch

Lol she's ok! But Daaaang I was nervous and she was scared of me trying to get her lol

Nice!

 

[SlipsWife]

Ya I wish they were at this point

, I have to round them up from 2 acres away And she keeps coming back like its a game.
I have marked her so I can see if that muscle death thing is triggered. That's a lil more than a startle lol She's a smaller one and we will be processing in sets at different times, she'll be one of the last sets.

Maybe because she's one of the smaller ones it won't trigger the muscle death thing?

 

[Angelicisi]

I hope you're right! I'm not too worried because they're healthy, hoping all the free ranging since peeps helps that. I'm actually scared its the other way around. *thinking* that the longer the go after trauma but before processing gives the muscle time to do that green thing, whereas if processed very shortly after the trauma the tender doesn't have time to die ...maybe? But not sure. Not exactly a ton of *quick* answers I find searching and I'm getting ready to head to work doh. :/

Maybe because she's one of the smaller ones it won't trigger the muscle death thing?

 

[SlipsWife]

I hope you're right! I'm not too worried because they're healthy, hoping all the free ranging since peeps helps that. I'm actually scared its the other way around. *thinking* that the longer the go after trauma but before processing gives the muscle time to do that green thing, whereas if processed very shortly after the trauma the tender doesn't have time to die ...maybe? But not sure. Not exactly a ton of *quick* answers I find searching and I'm getting ready to head to work doh.

I agree with your theory on if your were to process her, the muscle would probably still be fine but, if you do that then you will never know if letting her free range helped keep her from having an issue!

 

[Angelicisi]

Oh she will be growing still lol she's so brave. Shes 1st to run for the burn pile on the other side of the property in the morning lol but shes only 3 n half lbs still. She'll probably be last batch processed. I put a foot band on hee. I'm curious when we do butcher.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Oh my gosh, a CX chick just tried to fly...off a 2nd story perch :/

Lol she's ok! But Daaaang I was nervous and she was scared of me trying to get her lol

I would have had heart attack and died!! Glad that she is ok.

 

[jenifry]

I've been hiding under a rock for a while so I haven't been on here for a while.

*Absolutely refuses to admit I added 20 new layers and 40 meaties to the brooder because our local Ag shoppe had a 1/2 price sale*

I saw something a few pages back about possibly growing out the slow growers to cross with a roo. I don't recommend it, as I just ended that experiment myself. I just butchered my last two slow growers, which were purchased last July. They were 8 months old and by evidence in their viscera they were no where near laying eggs. There were no developing eggs larger than 1/8 inch. Both had muscle death in their breast tenders and would probably not have lived much longer. They were huge, 11.5 pounds dressed. I portioned each breasts into 6 portions. Each bone in leg/thigh piece was 14-18 ounces. I will try my hardest to avoid slow growers in the future. I butchered in the evening (I had to dang it, the DH was ticked I just brought home 60 more chicks!) and each of them had a pound of feed in their crop, A POUND! I can't justify a bird in my pen that eats that much and isn't giving me an egg a day.