Hi there, we have obtained several young roos, they are not necessarily meat birds. Here are thier breeds that I was told:
2- Old English Game
3- Ayam Cemani (culls due to coloring)
1- Barred Rock (but he has tuffed cheeks and is thin, not like a barred at all, also he has dark legs)
Well, we want to process them, they are all about 6 tp 8 months old. We have them all together in a 6x6x4tall kennel, as we had them roaming around the for free range but they started fighting with our other roos, and mounting our females and stressed them out, then they would roost in the trees at night.
How can we get more meat on them. The black ones, Ayam Cemani, are really small, and the Old English are nice sized but just not plump, then this "Barred Rock" is just slender and odd looking. Don't think we are going to get much meat off any of them, maybe should just process all of them at the same time and make enchiladas or something! I had been giving them lots of scratch and BOSS and leftover table scraps along with the Non-GMO starter (non-medicated) for extra vitamins and protien.
Any other thoughts of what else I might be able to give them and for how long?
thanks in advance
2- Old English Game
3- Ayam Cemani (culls due to coloring)
1- Barred Rock (but he has tuffed cheeks and is thin, not like a barred at all, also he has dark legs)
Well, we want to process them, they are all about 6 tp 8 months old. We have them all together in a 6x6x4tall kennel, as we had them roaming around the for free range but they started fighting with our other roos, and mounting our females and stressed them out, then they would roost in the trees at night.
How can we get more meat on them. The black ones, Ayam Cemani, are really small, and the Old English are nice sized but just not plump, then this "Barred Rock" is just slender and odd looking. Don't think we are going to get much meat off any of them, maybe should just process all of them at the same time and make enchiladas or something! I had been giving them lots of scratch and BOSS and leftover table scraps along with the Non-GMO starter (non-medicated) for extra vitamins and protien.
Any other thoughts of what else I might be able to give them and for how long?
thanks in advance