I've got my brooder all cleaned out and reset. I've got an order of 25 Cornish X's and they should be arriving at my Ranch supply store today. Yesterday's high was 109.5 ° F
So I'm not positive that the shipment will happen today.
Regardless, this batch will have it's own challenges for me. I'm not allowed to get attached to any of the peeps from this batch. They are destined for my freezer and that's their purpose. I've never killed a chicken and I suppose I'll be learning all that stuff pretty well by the time the processing weekend is over. Assuming all 25 make it to slaughter, (probably lose some though) the goal would be to kill and process 12 per day so I'm done with it all on a weekend.
I'm keeping these peeps in the brooder for a week or two and then moving them to a chicken tractor which is not yet built
Dan
Regardless, this batch will have it's own challenges for me. I'm not allowed to get attached to any of the peeps from this batch. They are destined for my freezer and that's their purpose. I've never killed a chicken and I suppose I'll be learning all that stuff pretty well by the time the processing weekend is over. Assuming all 25 make it to slaughter, (probably lose some though) the goal would be to kill and process 12 per day so I'm done with it all on a weekend.
I'm keeping these peeps in the brooder for a week or two and then moving them to a chicken tractor which is not yet built
Dan
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