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<blockquote data-quote="M.Magis" data-source="post: 1661103" data-attributes="member: 14175"><p>I have raised meat birds, but no chicken tractors here. The terrain won't allow it. Just a couple things come to mind; keep them locked up TIGHT when they're chicks. I lost 9 in 1.5 hours one morning to black snakes. They just kept killing chicks until I killed them. Also, have everything needed to start butchering ahead of time, so that way you know its ready when it is time. Once they hit 6 weeks or so, its a crap shoot how much longer before some start dropping dead. They grow so fast their hearts can't take it. A small assembly line makes pretty quick work of them.</p><p>I'll do it again one of these days, it was fun. They are without a doubt the laziest animals ever created. I would find some layed out on the floor sleeping with their faces still in the food trough. Eating, sleeping, and crapping is all they do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="M.Magis, post: 1661103, member: 14175"] I have raised meat birds, but no chicken tractors here. The terrain won’t allow it. Just a couple things come to mind; keep them locked up TIGHT when they’re chicks. I lost 9 in 1.5 hours one morning to black snakes. They just kept killing chicks until I killed them. Also, have everything needed to start butchering ahead of time, so that way you know its ready when it is time. Once they hit 6 weeks or so, its a crap shoot how much longer before some start dropping dead. They grow so fast their hearts can’t take it. A small assembly line makes pretty quick work of them. I’ll do it again one of these days, it was fun. They are without a doubt the laziest animals ever created. I would find some layed out on the floor sleeping with their faces still in the food trough. Eating, sleeping, and crapping is all they do. [/QUOTE]
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