Well....it is freezer camp day for some assorted birds.......gotta go sharpen the knives.
been waiting for decent weather.
Next week, Monday to be exact, we get the 2nd shipment of meaties.
That's be the 9th.......and on the 13-14 is freezer camp for the first shipment, now very rolly polly.
The cockerels go first as they are heavier.
The hens we often save a week longer.
As RW said, that is why males cost more, they grow faster.
I get straight run.
So the new meaty chicks will be in the brooder a week or so and then out in the tractor once it is empty.
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Gotta go clean out the freezer & stock up on big freezer bags...time to get ready.
It truly is amazing how fast they grow !
Can I come watch on the 13th-14th? We want to do meat birds next year, and NOT paying a mobile butcher would be nice...