well i am stumped

[cw]

i posted a thread aboutr a week and a half ago about the weight of my cornish x s
well i re weighed some of them and they still only weigh 3 1/2 lbs or so, we slowed them down to prevent leg problems, and heart attacks, but didnt think 18 % would stump there growth, could the heat be causing this? or i guess lack of. its been extremly cool for this time of year? any ideas i am about to put them on sweet corn not fit for market to fatten them up

 

[miss_jayne]

what is the age of said cornish X? 3.5 lbs. may very well be a good weight at their age. they grow in stages.

fat wont increase the food for you. unless you are going to render the fat to make chicken lard for savory foods.

cool weather is nothing but a blessing for raising CX's. use it to your advantage.

 

[rweiners]

What's the age??rcw

 

[cw]

going on 8 weeks, they aint grew much in the last few weeks and it has been cooler

 

[miss_jayne]

what is your feeding regimen? what is your watering regimen?

 

[cw]

free choice water, all they can drink, the feed was 12 on 12 off, now they are in a chicken tractor on range, with feed availible 24 -7, now the feed comes from a local feed mill, its a 18% mix of local grown grains, mixed fresh, no hormones ect..

 

[jaku]

8 week Cornish X's at 3.5 pounds?! My guess would be that they aren't Cornish X's. Any chance the factory sent you leghorns by mistake? My current best layer was a "meat bird" that I thought was just the runt of the litter for about six weeks. Any pics?

 

[AHappychick]

that does sound odd mine were that in a few weeks. Yes pics please

 

[cw]

wow whats the chances all 50 would be leg horns? they look identical to all the pics i have seen of the xs, they came from meyer, they have the bald spots under the wings, i have the roos and hens seperated, trying to figure this out,
i am hoping it aint the birds its the scales that are off

 

[miss_jayne]

hmmmm......pics. yep. we need pics.

c dubbleya, we're all gonna be scratching our noggin's on this one. you have us stumped!