The last few days have been long and busy. Friday's hay count was 290 bales. The second field went down on Saturday and will come up today. We think that will net around 300 as well. That will leave one field to go and we hope to mow it later this week if the weather holds. It is delightfully cool today, a welcome change to the normal hot, hot days of picking up and getting the hay stacked in the barn loft!
The orchard fence is finally completed as well and the meat birds were put out to range. They are growing well and we hope to butcher by the end of the month. Here they are enjoying the shade and a pan full of milk!
The rangers are as big as the broilers but definitely not as heavy. I have found that they do wander further from the food dish in search of other things to eat but for the price difference I may just stay with the broilers. I guess the "taste test" will be the final decision maker.
I am off the finish morning chores before the raking and baling begins...
We just got our first batch of 25 Cornish Cross broiler chicks yesterday. I'll be most interested in your final analysis of the Cornish Cross vs. Freedom Rangers. So far, of course it's only been one full day, all chicks are healthy and well.
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