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That be my plan, oh wise one!
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Yippee chance of snow flurries 
might need to break out the long johns 
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Dang it's cold outside! I went in the coop this morning. No dead CCX but they met me at the door and had their little I'm hungry temper tantrum. I looked at the thermometer and it was 50 degrees in there.
I gave them feed and when they were preoccupied acting like pigs. I moved a shelf and installed my milk house heater. it's lowest setting is 1300 watts and I set it on temperature of 60. I just checked in the window yep the big thermometer says 60 and that's as warm as I'm going. I also got a good look at the chickens, they are all feathered in. In my estimate, they appear to be every bit of 3 weeks old. I only raise them to 10 weeks and even then I start feeling sorry for them. So I guess I have about 7 or so weeks of tending for them.
All this would be fine, if it were warm out but no... I must make it hard on myself and play momma to a bunch of big fat stinky couch potato chickens, throughout the winter. I mean why don't I just take a hammer and dull up all my tools to make the work harder for myself while I'm at it?
I guess I could end it all here and now and just have some tender delicious cornish game hens or let them go another 3 to 4 weeks and have some nice fryers. But I'm really wanting to go 7 weeks for broilers. We shall see what becomes of all of this madness.
I gave them feed and when they were preoccupied acting like pigs. I moved a shelf and installed my milk house heater. it's lowest setting is 1300 watts and I set it on temperature of 60. I just checked in the window yep the big thermometer says 60 and that's as warm as I'm going. I also got a good look at the chickens, they are all feathered in. In my estimate, they appear to be every bit of 3 weeks old. I only raise them to 10 weeks and even then I start feeling sorry for them. So I guess I have about 7 or so weeks of tending for them.
All this would be fine, if it were warm out but no... I must make it hard on myself and play momma to a bunch of big fat stinky couch potato chickens, throughout the winter. I mean why don't I just take a hammer and dull up all my tools to make the work harder for myself while I'm at it?
I guess I could end it all here and now and just have some tender delicious cornish game hens or let them go another 3 to 4 weeks and have some nice fryers. But I'm really wanting to go 7 weeks for broilers. We shall see what becomes of all of this madness.
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Think of fertilizer........
I have over 100 left from the "left behinds" I got from a commercial poultry house when their birds were picked up. Not planning on any this fall/winter with the moving...work on the house..... but hated to turn them down. Got a date to get about 30 done next week if I get my truck back...needs a slave cylinder, clutch and heater core....
I have over 100 left from the "left behinds" I got from a commercial poultry house when their birds were picked up. Not planning on any this fall/winter with the moving...work on the house..... but hated to turn them down. Got a date to get about 30 done next week if I get my truck back...needs a slave cylinder, clutch and heater core....
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I busted out laughing, dulling up your tools with a hammer!!! hahaha! Big fat stinky couch potato chickens! Hahahaha! 
You know what they say about that, don't cha?
Ya cain't fix stupid.
You know what they say about that, don't cha?
Ya cain't fix stupid.
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See that one in the middle with no tail feathers and a bald butt? Yea that's because I opened the window and it froze it's butt offMcTastyNuggets
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He is a victim of NOASSATALL!!!See that one in the middle with no tail feathers and a bald butt? Yea that's because I opened the window and it froze it's butt off
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Shouldn't feed them in a pan they can walk in. Wastes too much feed with manure and all in it. Plus the scratching it out and wasting it. They look good. The ones I get as left behinds are that big or bigger.... they are now in the 6+ lb range I imagine....
