Red Laced Cornish X and project talk (pics p. 8)

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

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Is it rumpless, or just not growing tail feathers yet? Rumpless birds are missing the last few vertebrae, so rumples chicks don't have the oil gland for preening nor the little tail nub that tail feathers grow on.

I'll have to go look, it sure is a funny looking little thing, so far it would be perfect for Pepper48_98's project!!!

 

[SteveH]

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Yeah; I'm kinda not keeping track of exactly how many new birds I have now................................ but probabley double what I lost and more. I'm planning on ordering some of your KSR eggs........................... but may have to wait 'till fall because I've more than enough chicks to over fill my growing pens now. You've probably heard the old saying "If you pray for potatoes, you better be willing to grab a potato fork and dig."

 

[NevadaRon]

Happy (belated) Birthday Katy

! I'm glad to hear it was a good one. What are you going to do with all your spare time now that you're down to only three pens?

Looking forward to meeting you when you come down for Hot August Nights!

Steve glad to hear that you are rebuilding. My prayers are with you for continued success!

I picked up my two Delaware hens yesterday. They aren't as big as I was hoping.

But they do look really good!

 

[OSUman]

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Yeah; I'm kinda not keeping track of exactly how many new birds I have now................................ but probabley double what I lost and more. I'm planning on ordering some of your KSR eggs........................... but may have to wait 'till fall because I've more than enough chicks to over fill my growing pens now. You've probably heard the old saying "If you pray for potatoes, you better be willing to grab a potato fork and dig."

What kind of feed regiment are you going to give your new CX pullets? I have an order for CX coming in next week and am thinking of holding 10 of them back to use to try and get self sustaining broilers.

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

I too am really glad to hear that your rebuilding is coming along steve.

Ron - have we ever been provided pics of your birds?

 

[SteveH]

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Thanks Ron, and best wishes for your crosses.

 

[SteveH]

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Right now, and for the first two weeks, its free choice 22% grower and even top dressed with ground Calf-Manna for a vitamin boost. When they go outside on grass, the feed will be reduced to a couple of short feed periods per day................. and all the grass they want to satisfy their their huge appetites with.

Unlike my previous attempt, which did succeeed in getting the majority to breeding age, this time I'm dedicateing a grower pen to them alone; I don't want them at 15 pounds when they start laying. Last time it was too difficult [probably impossible] to strike a balance while feeding other chicks with them. I have a link saved about feeding CX parent lines, though it's for chicks in confinement, which I'll edit in after I look up the site in my folder. My research showed that the parent lines are nearly as large and fast growing as the chicks we buy, and have to be fed controlled diets with closely monitored live weights to keep them breedable. Even then, if memory serves, the pullets were replaced at around 60 weeks of age; the cockerals were 'spiked' by replaceing jaded breeders with younger birds once or twice during that 60 weeks....................... no matter how they're fed, they will not stay healthy and productive for long.

I discovered I saved two links, and I think the second was the one with more detailed information. The first is more an answer to criticisms of controlled diets.
The second I made sure was a direct entrance to feeding the Cobb 700 parent lines, and you can research more info on feeding broilers or their parent lines by searching "Cobb-Vantress" on your computer. This one is 14 pages in PDF format, so loads very slow without a high speed connection.

http://www.mcspotlight.org/media/reports/fawn.html#16

http://www.cobb-vantress.com/contactus/brochures/Cobb700_Breeder_Mngmt_Supp_2008.pdf

 

[NevadaRon]

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I posted some pics of my Black Ameraucanas a few pages back. I have posted pics of my EEs in the EE Braggers Thread that you started.

And pics of my Sex Links in the Sex Link non Tech Talk thread. Oh and pics of my turkeys in the Turkey thread! And various other pics in the Nevada thread. I'll see if I can't corral them for you all in a post here this weekend.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

So I looked and I looked and I couldn't see an oil gland!

 

[SteveH]

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I can only see the oil gland when fresh hatched and not fluffed out [or after they're plucked when processing] ......................... but the tail nub should be pretty easy to see or at least feel. If you're wondering, I've tried leaving the oil gland there when processing, and can see no difference in flavor.