Cornish X |
8 ounces @ 1 week old |
Here is the Red Ranger. You can tell he's grown, but he's still smaller than the Cornish Cross.
Red Ranger |
He weighs 6 ounces, while last week he weighed only 2 ounces. Wow. This guy has tripled his weight in a week.
8 ounces at 1 week |
One other notable thing is that while they still have some 'down,' their wing feathers are starting to come in. They are eating a lot and drinking a lot of water. We've replaced the 2 quart-sized watering containers with 2 gallon-sized watering containers.
Most of the chicks are healthy and happy. We did have something going on in the brooder (Pasty Butt) for a few days. and ended up losing 7 birds. That's not good. We think we have it under control now, but that was quite an unfortunate thing to happen.
Our fine, feathered friend |
After a week of the chicks being on the high protein feed, we'll ratchet down the protein percent to an 18% ration. Next week we will take another peek at how they are doing.
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