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They’re probably just gonna get bigger. I’d imagine up to 7lb. You could free range them if that’s an option? They should be just fine though

I bought a yardbird this spring and it was well worth the investment. I’ve put roughly 100 birds through it between mine and a friends. Highly recommend it if you end up going that route.

Both were 16 weeks. 3-3.5 lbs dressed. No issues with tough or stringy meat on either of the birds.

I raised about a dozen lower quality bresse this spring that I bought off Craigslist. They all free ranged and lived with my layers and were fed all flock, so they weren’t finished in the traditional French way. I happened to have also bought some black copper marans bred to the SOP during the...

Thanks for the link, I’ll check out the food saver. My problem is when any liquid gets around the heater part it completely stops working for a while.

My cabelas brand sealer is on its way out, is there a brand you all recommend that can get a good seal even if there’s some liquids in the bag?

Agree, the red skin is probably scalding temp related. Nothing to worry about. As far as free ranging goes, mine free range very well if they don’t have a feeder in front of them all day.

Awesome! They probably haven’t seen pullets that large before.

It’s not the same fencing, but I put my meat birds out at 3 weeks and use that 2x2 construction net to keep them corralled. Sometimes they still get out but usually not far.

Cool! Thanks for sharing. That barred rooster is looks pretty cool. Thanks for posting it

Interesting! Do you have any photos?

Thanks for the calculator link! I’m only wanting to have the first generation NH x KK be sex linked, with the plans of having a faster growing cockerel for eating, and a hopefully somewhat marketable pullet for egg laying or whatever. If this doesn’t seem like a great idea, I may just get...

Hey folks, I thought of an idea and was wondering if this would work. As the title says, I’d like to create a dual purpose sex link by breeding a New Hampshire rooster and crossing it with a kosher king. Would this work? Or would it not because kosher kings are hybrids to begin with? The...

Very nice. I like the color and pattern of the bird on the right. I’m sure they’ll be good to eat.

I try to keep it as low as possible because I’ve seen boiled looking meat on my birds when going higher. By this I mean the meat has white streaks on the outer layer. 145 and dunking 10-20 seconds at a time until the wing feathers pull easily seems to work. I have a yardbird plucker and am at...

If you want something more natural, consider New Hampshire chickens from freedom ranger hatchery. They will breed true and give you a finished bird in 10-12 weeks. Very inexpensive and hardy to both disease and weather. The meat is better than Cornish cross but has a similar lightness to it...

From my experience, I put 3 week old meat birds out in the tractor this February with temps in the 40s. They were totally fine and had no stunted growth or health issues. Nice tractor!

How well is this batch growing? Hope you haven’t lost anymore birds.

I’m in the same boat as you, I process by myself. With a plucker, 27 birds took me around 9hrs totally finished. I used to be a really big waterfowl hunter, and it could sometimes be 6 hours or more before I got home to clean the birds I harvested. This was in the middle of winter with temps...

If you can tarp the ends just so it blocks the wind and rain, that would be a good stroke. I put my New Hampshire’s and Cornish out in the tractor at 4 weeks old in late February with lows in the 20s and they did ok. Just try to give them a dry place go at night.