Showing posts with label Cornish Cross. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cornish Cross. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 24, 2024

2024 Meat Birds - 4 Weeks Old

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What's changed in the last week since the last weigh in?  Well, for one thing, their feed trough.  I moved out the small feeders because...
Thursday, April 11, 2024

2024 Meat Birds - 2 Weeks Old

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An eventful week for our feathered friends.  The changes are apparent.  First, they are putting on feathers.  Their heads still have the yel...
Wednesday, December 22, 2021

2021 Meat Birds - Week One

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Here is the first weekly installment we'll post for the next 8 weeks until these creatures are fully grown and will reside in the deep f...
Monday, December 13, 2021

Moving Out on the Grass Three Days Later

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I wasn't prepared for the chicks the day they came in.  I had my dates mixed up.  Normally, we'd have the brooder all set up and it ...
Sunday, December 12, 2021

Meat Birds - 2021

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Checking out the deep freeze, we tallied up the count of our frozen chickens in inventory.  There are only six left!  With the supply chain ...
Wednesday, April 29, 2020

2020 Meat Birds - Week Five

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Week 5 in the annual 8 week meat bird project was an interesting one.  We lost one bird.  It was a runt.  After its death, Tricia did an aut...
Wednesday, April 22, 2020

2020 Meat Birds - Week Four

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Ahh... Week 4.  The halfway point in raising the meat birds for slaughter.  Each day we push the chicken tractor to fresh grass, ensuring th...
Friday, May 3, 2019

2019 Meat Birds - By the Numbers

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I promised I would post this tonight after work and so here goes:  Here is the scoreboard of the 10th Annual Cornish Cross Meat Bird Extrava...
Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Cutting Up The Chicken

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In yesterday's post we showed you how we butcher the chickens.  We left you when the birds were butchered with the birds chilling on ice...
Thursday, April 18, 2019

2019 Meat Birds - Seven Weeks Old

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Thursday night.  The routine continues.  I get home from work and fill a bucket with 6 scoops of Chick Grower 18% Protein crumbles.  I walk ...
Thursday, April 11, 2019

2019 Meat Birds - Six Weeks Old

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Six weeks old today.  The birds are still out in the yard in the chicken tractor. They made it through some pretty bad wind and rain storms ...
Thursday, March 28, 2019

2019 Meat Birds - Four Weeks Old

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Four weeks.  We were about a week later than normal, but we finally moved the meat birds out of the brooder in the garage and into the chick...