tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post7019549956525450967..comments2024-03-28T11:22:58.871+00:00Comments on An English Homestead: Chicks At Three Weeks - Sure Don't Grow Like Ross Cobbs!Kev Alvitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-7240841321292923702020-03-12T22:58:10.646+00:002020-03-12T22:58:10.646+00:00My cockerels have to live by the same lines. I nee...My cockerels have to live by the same lines. I need to start hardening these ones off now and open up the outside part of the coop. Haven't done that yet bu the weather has been terrible. Then need to fix the coop they'll move into. Downside is I saw a big one bully a bantam today so they might have to be separated up which means an extra pen! Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-37909214717862730392020-03-12T22:56:25.264+00:002020-03-12T22:56:25.264+00:00The true meat crosses I normally have are hard to ...The true meat crosses I normally have are hard to get to lay eggs because they get too fat basically. I'll do a comparison of the meat in a few months hopefully but it will be much slower grown, so probably a bit tougher. Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-91115116992487733972020-03-11T23:57:22.797+00:002020-03-11T23:57:22.797+00:00This weekend I'm moving our incubator chicks o...This weekend I'm moving our incubator chicks out of the basement and into the garage. The stairwell is starting to smell decidedly "chicken-y". After they've feathered I'll move them into a small coop in the garden with a heat lamp inside and a small porch area so they can come and go and "harden off" naturally. As for cockerals, they get butchered in the fall or whenever they start to become annoying (charging at me is a prime offence). Cottontailfarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06603586688895863727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-33558642929723004412020-03-11T19:23:58.935+00:002020-03-11T19:23:58.935+00:00Does the meat from this variety taste better or do...Does the meat from this variety taste better or do the hens lay more eggs? Cheriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01049568808770731003noreply@blogger.com