Bielefelder X Delaware Broiler Sex-links, AKA Delafelder Breeding Project

[SweetieChicken234]

and there was peace and prosperity in the kingdom once again... lol. they're shaping up nice!! a few more days till the meatballs hit week 8 for me. theyre really packing in the food going through 50lbs a week roughly for 15 birds

Lol your birds are true meatballs. Mine are narrow meatballs. Lol I would love to see my birds eat like that. I have 29...no 27 now and they easily go through 50 lbs but they don't eat all the time. They eat and then rest for awhile. I want that calorie intake as high as possible lol my males are developing nicely. They are developing nice deep wide chests and I'm getting really impressed by their build. This is a beautiful shapely bird. When I pick them up and feel that wide body it's so different from my hatchery Delawares. This breeder has really done great work. I have 4 males now that I'm holding onto. It's hard to decide the best 2 from them so I'm going to wait it out as long as I can. If they start fighting I have to make other plans. One of the 4 is pet quality bird I would like to find a home for. He's extra sweet and cuddly. He's a people rooster.

 

[AZHomesteadPoultry]

if you need to you can make a small mobile pen for them you can pull around on the lawn. this is how i raise out my birds they get fresh grass everyday, and I can separate by sex once the roosters stop behaving if needed. I've even seen it done with wire dog crates with the tray removed, just move em daily and they'll be happy non-combative campers =)

 

[SweetieChicken234]

if you need to you can make a small mobile pen for them you can pull around on the lawn. this is how i raise out my birds they get fresh grass everyday, and I can separate by sex once the roosters stop behaving if needed. I've even seen it done with wire dog crates with the tray removed, just move em daily and they'll be happy non-combative campers =)

Oh that's a nice idea. I have like 4 big dog crates too. I could probably make something like that.