Master of none
Sunday, June 15, 2014
If you feed them they will grow.
They are not close to big enough to start laying or to be butchered for dinner but I think some of them have tripped in size in the last 9 days.
We did lose a total of 3 birds. We ordered 30 birds they shipped us 31, but one died in transit. We lost 2 more in the first 4 days. So we are down to 9 Cornish cross meat birds, 4 Wyandotte pullets, 5 Jersey Giant* pullets, 5 buff Orpington pullets and 5 buff Orpington cockerels also for meat.
*the smallest birds right now are the Jersey Giants, by the end of summer they will the biggest birds still standing.
Labels: Walking food
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Friday, June 06, 2014
Hot young chicks
Ok warm anyway, the heat lamp is keeping them at about 95°F
My wife picked them up at the post office this morning. There are 2 breeds for meat, and 3 breeds of layers. We have a chicken tractor setup from last summer and we will be building a winter coop and yard for the layers this summer.
My wife picked them up at the post office this morning. There are 2 breeds for meat, and 3 breeds of layers. We have a chicken tractor setup from last summer and we will be building a winter coop and yard for the layers this summer.
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