We're attaining previously unimagined levels of stinkiness ;)

[max13077]

Anybody else's meat birds smell just a little bit stinkier this year? Mine stunk last year. However these are more irritatingly stinky, more acrid smelling. Last year it was "Oh, that's chicken leavings I smell." Now it's "Oh god, that stuff wreaks!!" I'm feeding them the same feed, the same supplement, same everything.

 

[cassie]

Mine have very little, if any, odor. I have 25 Cornish X in a 12 X 12 box stall. It is bedded with shavings. If the shavings start to get damp or look dirty we add more shavings. This batch is going through far less shavings than the batch we had last fall. Not sure why. We do not clean the stall until the chickens are all processed by 12 weeks. If yours stink the only thing I can think of is that they are too crowded or have insufficient and/or wet bedding or poor ventilation. Hope this helps.

 

[hobbyfarmer]

We put our 25 out in a tractor at 3 weeks but they wouldn't cooperate when it came time to move them every day (read: they just lay there while we ran over them) so we have to open it up every morning to let them free range. We STILL have to move the tractor every day though because they mess the ground up so badly overnight!

Yes, they stink horribly but this is my first year with cornish x so I can't say that it is better or worse than last year.

 

[ChickBond 007]

They just don't have normal poo, I've decided. Mine also stink to high heaven, and produce an unusual amount of poo when considering the poo-to-food ratio. It's really not poo, it's oooze-poo, a gelatinous sticky form of nastiness.
My meaties are 6 weeks. I'm loading them up with some extra feed and a bit of cracked corn for the final hurrah, and then <chop> 'Off with their heads'.

 

[quercus21]

We switched from a "processed" feed from a local store, to feed from a local mill. They don't smell no where as bad as they did in the past. Other then that, our method of raising them hasn't changed.

 

[CARS]

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I noticed that too since switching from the "store" feed to my local mill's feed. Kinda makes me wonder if I am missing something in the blend

Heck, if they stink less and still gain weight this might be the single greatest decision I have ever made!!!

 

[steveo]

Mine stink but it is not that bad to me. I think I smell worse when I poop lol.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

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I switched feed brands and noticed a difference in the, um, consistency of the poo.

 

[ChickBond 007]

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File this in the "too much information shared" file.

 

[max13077]

I got some different shavings that were a little bit finer and after tonight's "spectacle of gluttony" better known as feeding, things were a little better.