She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[scflock]

Love Mad-Libs

But hate MAD TV

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Notice she didn't say WHO she would vote for. loll

But hate MAD TV

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Oh no, Yorkshire can't see me like this

Oh he's scary!! Always plays weirdos, he has one of those faces.

Look ive replied now so will be trapped here

 

[NTBugtraq]

So, all the best laid plans come to naught if you don't think them through entirely...

I just got off the phone with the only chicken processor within a reasonable distance (and its 1.5 hours away) to verify a few of my assumptions.

She was great in helping me guestimate the weight of my birds at the times I am hoping to process them. Weight them now, weight them a week from now, and that gain will roughly occur every week till I process them (or up to 16 weeks of age). Just a rough guess of course. Also, processed birds weight roughly 75% of their pre-processing weight. So, in a week I will be able to guestimate what the hens will be at 10 weeks, and roos at 14 weeks. Good to know. So I booked appointments for 3 birds on 3 different dates to try various ages.

I then asked the next question; "Do you stop processing at any point?" Answer; "We stop the last Tuesday before Christmas"...hmm..."when do you start up again?"...she says; "Usually the 3 week in May"...

I had planned to process on Jan 9, Jan 23, and Feb 20...38 birds each time...well, there goes the business plan!

So now I have to change focus and build more brooding space. Additional run space is already planned for the young chickens area, and it will definitely hold the 200+ chickens that could end up there...its the brooding space that's a problem right now. Looks like my living room, which currently houses the 1 brooder, is going to have to find space for 3. Guess I'll move the dining room table out again...it is such a relief to not have a spouse to give me that look...

 

[WalnutHill]

12 weeks is a long time for a Cornish X. We are going to harvest next week. Ours were born march 13th I think.

12 week cornish x on chick starter?

Ours are ugly. Lost 2 to heart attack. Free ranging a bit. We will try freedom rangers next.
Laying? Maybe I think you are talking about something that you are not. What kind of birds are they?



Cornish X is what everyone eats all the time. They say they taste like cardboard compared to a heritage breed like barred rock or wyandotte.

Rossfam's are supposedly some 2nd gen Cornish cross, maybe...so not the same horrid genetics.

A Jumbo Cornish cross on chick starter for 12 weeks, if it lived, would probably be 20 pounds...

The last batch I did not only had extremely small hearts, but huge crops and almost no gizzard. The crumble and pellet food doesn't require any effort on their part. I want to put together a high protein coarse food, like fermented grains with ground fish. Unfortunately, I'm not in a place where ground fish is cheaply available.

She's feeding generic chick starter, but yeah, I don't think that is generally used until point of lay...what kind?

Cornish x don't have to taste like cardboard. Diet quality is important. If they eat grass and grains, they taste just fine

 

[scflock]

Oh he's scary!! Always plays weirdos, he has one of those faces.

Look ive replied now so will be trapped here

I've pulled you back in!

I feel the same way about Tim Curry, a fellow brit. Plays the most unusual characters, and something about him is a little disturbing. Maybe it was the clown sidewing posted

 

[scflock]

So, all the best laid plans come to naught if you don't think them through entirely...

I just got off the phone with the only chicken processor within a reasonable distance (and its 1.5 hours away) to verify a few of my assumptions.

She was great in helping me guestimate the weight of my birds at the times I am hoping to process them. Weight them now, weight them a week from now, and that gain will roughly occur every week till I process them (or up to 16 weeks of age). Just a rough guess of course. Also, processed birds weight roughly 75% of their pre-processing weight. So, in a week I will be able to guestimate what the hens will be at 10 weeks, and roos at 14 weeks. Good to know. So I booked appointments for 3 birds on 3 different dates to try various ages.

I then asked the next question; "Do you stop processing at any point?" Answer; "We stop the last Tuesday before Christmas"...hmm..."when do you start up again?"...she says; "Usually the 3 week in May"...

I had planned to process on Jan 9, Jan 23, and Feb 20...38 birds each time...well, there goes the business plan!

So now I have to change focus and build more brooding space. Additional run space is already planned for the young chickens area, and it will definitely hold the 200+ chickens that could end up there...its the brooding space that's a problem right now. Looks like my living room, which currently houses the 1 brooder, is going to have to find space for 3. Guess I'll move the dining room table out again...it is such a relief to not have a spouse to give me that look...

Brooding 200? Wow, I think I would be looking at buying a small storage building

 

[NTBugtraq]

I feel the same way about Tim Curry, a fellow brit. Plays the most unusual characters, and something about him is a little disturbing. Maybe it was the clown sidewing posted

"Oh Brad...., where are you Brad?"

 

[scflock]

"Oh Brad...., where are you Brad?"

I knew someone would get it, but never guessed it would be you!

 

[NTBugtraq]

Brooding 200? Wow, I think I would be looking at buying a small storage building

Our winters are too cold for a simple structure...and since I have the space inside this already incredibly insulated house...might as well do it in here. Of course I will try to put them into the storage space in the ground floor, but that's already packed with so much junk from 2 estates and a move from a much larger house...