5 brown, 1 green.
I swam usual Wednesday.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
2 brown.
One of the meat birds is getting pecked on her thighs. This is a worrisome development as it means the birds have tasted blood and may begin cannibalizing her. She should be slaughtered soon and a close eye kept for new pecking by/on the other birds.
Sunday 1 brown egg canibalized
Saturday 3 brown.
One of the meat birds is getting pecked on her thighs. This is a worrisome development as it means the birds have tasted blood and may begin cannibalizing her. She should be slaughtered soon and a close eye kept for new pecking by/on the other birds.
Sunday 1 brown egg canibalized
Saturday 3 brown.
Friday, July 18, 2008
2 brown.
One of the three older RI Reds escaped, I put her back in the segregated area. Feed consumption is way down since the slaughter on Tuesday. That 9 pound bird must have been eating a lot of feed, and he's gone as well as 5 other meat birds. I only need to refill feeders once a day... still topping off water twice a day, but water consumption has also dropped a lot, waterers still have some water in them when I top them off.
Current flock is 12 meat birds (Cornish X Rock, Cornish Roaster), 3 RI Red, 1 Barred Rock from early cohort, 2 RI Red, 3 Barred Rock from later cohort. I believe all the meat birds are from the second cohort.
I have yet to slaughter a duck or a stewing hen. It's on the agenda eventually. I'm also meditating on this year's brooding experience and thinking about next year's chicks... 20 meat birds,4 RI Red, 3 Aruacauna + free exotic is likely a single order - arrive end of March (memorial day BBQ chicken!)
One of the three older RI Reds escaped, I put her back in the segregated area. Feed consumption is way down since the slaughter on Tuesday. That 9 pound bird must have been eating a lot of feed, and he's gone as well as 5 other meat birds. I only need to refill feeders once a day... still topping off water twice a day, but water consumption has also dropped a lot, waterers still have some water in them when I top them off.
Current flock is 12 meat birds (Cornish X Rock, Cornish Roaster), 3 RI Red, 1 Barred Rock from early cohort, 2 RI Red, 3 Barred Rock from later cohort. I believe all the meat birds are from the second cohort.
I have yet to slaughter a duck or a stewing hen. It's on the agenda eventually. I'm also meditating on this year's brooding experience and thinking about next year's chicks... 20 meat birds,4 RI Red, 3 Aruacauna + free exotic is likely a single order - arrive end of March (memorial day BBQ chicken!)
Thursday, July 17, 2008
5 brown
Wednesday 1 brown, swam usual mile
Tuesday 1 cannibalized brown.
Slaughtered 6 meat birds on Tuesday. live weight from 6 # 4 oz to 9# 6 oz. That was one big chicken. I have the dressed weights on the ziplock bags the meat was frozen in.
new flock is down to 12 meat birds + 9 new layers (unless one of the layers turns out to be a cockeral).
Wednesday 1 brown, swam usual mile
Tuesday 1 cannibalized brown.
Slaughtered 6 meat birds on Tuesday. live weight from 6 # 4 oz to 9# 6 oz. That was one big chicken. I have the dressed weights on the ziplock bags the meat was frozen in.
new flock is down to 12 meat birds + 9 new layers (unless one of the layers turns out to be a cockeral).
Monday, July 14, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Friday, July 11, 2008
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Monday, July 07, 2008
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