10 Weeks Old

Time to take a trip to Siler City to Chaudhry Halal Meats Processing. This has been a long 10 weeks for us, 50 lbs of feed in 4 days and 6 gallons of water a day. 18 Jumbo Cornish X Rocks, the roosters are huge! The largest dressed out at 8.75 with the average weight being about 7.5. What an experience! I have a new respect for the chicken and turkey farmers in our community who grow 20,000+ at a time. If we decide to do this again, it will be in the warmer months when they can be grown in the pasture the whole time.

Growing Fast

Watching these guys grow by the minute, they are 18 days old and have tripled in size. I've never witnessed feathers actually growing day by day, absolutely amazing. They are very large eaters and they all have their own personality and some are even strong headed. I have one that is a mini version of the others and has only grown one times it size as a chick. Keep on growing! I am ready for these guys to be outside.

New Chicks

Twenty-seven one day old chicks arrived on 10/10/08 (last Friday). They are doing pretty good. I tried to start them on organic feed and vitamin water, but started to loose two a day so I switched to medicated chick starter. We'll see what happens! I am down to 22 little chicks as of tonight.

Fall Garden

I love this time of year! Earthy root vegetables and lots of greens. The fall garden is planted and doing very well. Beets, Cabbage, Collards, Turnip, Kale, Chard, Green Peas, Onions, Radish, Cilantro, Parsley, and Chives. The best thing I have planted so far is the late green beans. I planted the seed Sept. 15 and have harvested twice, two pecks each time. The freezing of vegetables continues.