CCX

[CrealCritter]

Fried catfish is pretty darned good! LOL LOL

"If" fixed right, else no thanks!

 

[baymule]

I butcher mine around 90 days. I get 6-8 pound carcasses.

 

[CrealCritter]

I butcher mine around 90 days. I get 6-8 pound carcasses.

I've never went 12 to 13 weeks, I start feeling sorry for la stinko's about 9 to 10 weeks.

 

[baymule]

I've never went 12 to 13 weeks, I start feeling sorry for la stinko's about 9 to 10 weeks.

I usually start about 10 weeks on the biggest roosters.

 

[Mini Horses]

I like they are all plain white and not really feathered well. Less to pluck. And, some of my excess cockerels are so pretty, hard to do them in.

 

[baymule]

I raised our first feeder pigs in the newly fenced garden and it truly helped our poor soil. Then I raised pigs a couple of times in Pasture #2 and the grass that we sprigged (they rooted up and ate most of it) took off after that. I sowed clover and rye grass and it was 3 feet high, lambs totally disappeared in the lush growth. But the damage the pigs did was a pain to scrape and rake smooth again and there is still low/holes in that pasture. Clover and rye grass has come down to a lower level of growth, but is still better than any other pasture.

I switched from winter pigs to spring/summer pigs because when it is freezing, NOT having pigs to care for is a pleasure. LOL LOL I put a chicken coop in the garden, intending to let the chickens have the garden all winter, but the hawks that sit on the garden gate post killed that idea. Thinking about tearing down the coop and maybe making a link from the Pig Palace to the garden. There is a 3' aisle between the pig pen and the garden. I used no existing fence for the Pig Palace so that if they get out, they are not OUT. I also can give garden goodies to the pigs and they love the treats.

I am working on a small pasture that goes from the back yard to the back of the sheep barn. We hacked and chainsawed it all down and have had 2 grass growing seasons. That is where I raise the CCX, moving their chicken tractor daily. I then sow giant bermuda seed in the poop pads and water it in. On one side of that tiny pasture, there is excellent growth of bermuda, planning on the other side this coming spring.

On the pipeline, we moved the horses round bales to it last year. We move the location with every bale they get, taking advantage of the waste hay and horse manure. Come spring, it will be sowed with Giant Bermuda and the horses will be dry lotted.

I try to make use of all my animal resources, but sometimes it behooves me to just scoop the poop. LOL LOL

 

[CrealCritter]

I raise mine to 2 1/2 to 3 months old. They get HUGE. Their breast gets so big that they stand, take a couple of steps, then sink back down. I package 1 side of the breast per package.

Do you know what the live weights are for roos and hens at that age?

 

[baymule]

The smallest dress out under 6 pounds. The biggest over 8 pounds, but few at that weight. Mostly in the 6 1/2 pound to 7 1/2 pound range.

 

[baymule]

those chickens are sure looking good. So healthy, you've done good!

 

[Lazy Gardener]

Lovely. Love that conversion chart.