Windy Meadows Hatchery

[Tnic]

Was there a shipping fee too? Or just the chick prices

I forget how much, but yes shipping was paid at time of order. They discount the chicks price starting at 50 birds. Still trying to get a response from they as to where my birds are going.

 

[Tnic]

Oh, I hope you report back on how these chickens do for you. Having tried many meat birds from different hatcheries I have found hardiness and rate of gain vary drastically between hatcheries. I hope these are great meaties for you!

Thanks & I hope so too. The gentleman that called me was pretty happy with Windy Meadows so we should have some tasty BBQ in Aug or so.

 

[Tnic]

Got the brooder built and heating up. I had the email waiting when we got back home, with assurances that our birds are heading to Maine, eta tomorrow.

 

[Tnic]

Got "the call" from our USPS about 0745. We have 51 very lively little blondes scampering around like water bugs. Beaks dipped on entrance, feeder in, heat lamp has one end at about 95*F, but they don't act cold at all with ambient temp here at 70ish atm.

 

[Tnic]

Our birds are in week 6 now and so far all is awesomeness.
We have 51 or 54 (wife did the counting, lol) active dinos on pasture eatting grass and bugs and hope to start filling the freezer in a few more weeks. I need to weight a couple, but they look to be around 2# live atm.

No losses, no problems. I bought a Bell-Matic drinker and refill the 5 gal bucket daily. They're going thru about 5 gals of feed per day now and eat all of it.
The feed is 100# of Green Mtn Organic Broiler crumbles & 50# GM Organic cracked corned, mixed.

Video shot last week (7-8-24). I've since added the Solar Intelishock energizer.

 

[123RedBeard]

My guess on the fence, is only the very bottom rung/strand of fence should be on the ground, all the others need to be in the air, or it will short out on the ground/grass ...

 

[Tnic]

My guess on the fence, is only the very bottom rung/strand of fence should be on the ground, all the others need to be in the air, or it will short out on the ground/grass ...

You guess right. Just can't get it stretched enough to keep the conducters clear. I DO have some step in posts I might try to pick up the saggy spots tho. Still getting 3.5k+ all the way around. More is better, but its only the .3 joule model.

 

[123RedBeard]

Can you cut the grass shorter?

The step in post might help the saggy spots, or maybe a rope tied to the top of the corner posts, pulling them tight, anchored to the dirt?

 

[Tnic]

Can you cut the grass shorter?

The step in post might help the saggy spots, or maybe a rope tied to the top of the corner posts, pulling them tight, anchored to the dirt?

I probably should sharpen the blades on the bushhog again. The rider is down atm.
I've used T posts on the corners before, but it's not so portable for the old farts. Maine is a big rock pile with a little dirt sprinkled on it, makes driving posts a bear. I'll see how it goes with the step ins today.

 

[Tnic]

Quick update: I snagged the 4 step ins not already in use and picked up another 1kv on the fence. I'll un use the other 4 I have and unsag more tomorrow when we reset the fence and move the birds. Thanks for the nudge RedBeard!