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Adding to last post, would we get better yield or meat in city confining them? And if so any guidance on sizing of confinement

Update - Roos are getting sassy. They’re about 23 weeks old now. we’d like to keep them for another few weeks to let them continue to mature. They’re starting to be pretty disruptive in the group coop. We’re strategizing ways to segregate them. Is it OK to keep the five of them together in a...

Thank you both. I give preference to raising a good eating bird over anything else. They hatched June 20 (so ~3 mo. old). I understand that they won't/don't grow or eat like CX. Just wondering if there's any strategies I can employ for a decent table bird (and not just something for stock).

Hello, we have raised meat birds; but now I have some Orphington X Layer roos that are coming of age and we're looking to process them. Do you have any strategies for "fattening them up"? They look rather lean. We were considering confining the 3 of 'em to a smaller area (4x5 ft pen) and...

I heard that story. There must have been brain left intact for the organs to function.

We are getting ready to process our first batch of Cornish X. We have donea few on our own and have always just cut the head off, but have noticed in all the instructional posts here, it is suggested that just the arteries get cut. Why is that?

https://goo.gl/photos/Tg1kYCdS6v3qzECB6 Here are pics of her

Nope, not spraddle leg. Legs are out forward and "stuck". Chick is very uncomfortable if you bend the legs. She can't stand on her own ( she could yesterday with encouragement).

We have a five week old Cornish cross chick who is having trouble. It appears that her legs are locked forward. And she sits on her butt, not on her belly like the rest of the chicks. I've been reviewing vitamin deficiencies, but nothing seems to match up. She does not have curled toes. She is...

Thanks. Not that I need more, but I personally would be interested in 2 or 3 Bielefelder Pullets.

Hello, a good friend of mine is looking to start a flock with with her two daughters. She is looking for 4 to 6 sexed female chicks to get started with. They will be pets. Anyone hatching and have some chicks to sell, or want to split an order? Please post what you have. She just joined...

Would love to hear some answers to this as I also have a few hens infested. This is my first time dealing with mites.

We did not have ANY losses on the two transports, nor did any chickens appear to go rolling around the bed of the truck...although I do need new shocks so it might be a little bumpier this year ;) Thank you for the tip on "penning" them. Might help as we get more chickens in the bed.

I have a coming 9 year old RIR and BO. I thought they were old! Im impressed with these teenagers. I have lost several birds around 5-6, so I thought that that might be a typical turning point for chickens?

Yes, I have a high cap, with big windows. I am familiar with the pelleted bedding but would be concerned that 1) chickens would eat it, and 2) they would slip and fall on the dry pellets. Have you used it?

Enola, great advice!! We did do first in the AM butchering which did help with the heat. Pulling them off of the food at noon the day before - brilliant! We put down a thin layer of hay but it got super slippery with all the poo (which would have been reduced had we pulled food).

Thank you. We are definitely considering processing at home but want to be sure it's the right option. One of our concerns is what to do to dispose of the entrails without attracting predators to the farm.

We have our order of 50 Cornish Xs coming, double what we have done before. Twice previously we took the chickens to Goffles poultry to be processed a 1 to 1.5 hour drive from home; in the back of a pick up truck with a cap. It was problematic, and we are concerned about loss now that we have...

We took two batches of meaties to Goffles Poultry in Wyckoff (Near Paterson - Northeastern NJ) http://www.gofflepoultry.com/ back in 2010/2011. Goffles was very professional and was USDA inspected.

The pen is coral panels with hog wire (4x2" mesh -- we use this pen in teh winter for our beef cattle) so it lets the air flow well, but there isn't usually much of a breeze because it's set into a bank barn, so unless the wind is blowing from the south (which doesn't happen too often), hence...