{"id":4003,"date":"2024-03-02T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapiccolinauy.com\/?p=4003"},"modified":"2024-02-29T15:55:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T18:55:00","slug":"new-cornish-cross-chickens-sort-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapiccolinauy.com\/es\/2024\/03\/02\/new-cornish-cross-chickens-sort-of\/","title":{"rendered":"New Cornish Cross chickens. Sort of."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve debated posting about our current batch of Cornish cross meat birds. I try not to cover some of the more touchy topics here on the blog. Not because I think y&#8217;all are here only for the happy parts of farming but because I know not everyone is comfortable talking about raising animals for the dinner table. That said, we do raise almost all of our meat and it is an integral part of our life here on the farm, so here goes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In January we bought another group of Cornish Cross chicks. Now, normally we wouldn&#8217;t start a second batch of meat birds until March due the the heat. This years&#8217; weather, as I keep saying, has been on the cold side and chicks like warm weather their first few weeks, so we decided to try them early. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" data-attachment-id=\"4008\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lapiccolinauy.com\/es\/2024\/03\/02\/new-cornish-cross-chickens-sort-of\/web_web_img_9990\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot ELPH 360 HS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1515708045&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;16.656&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Web_Web_IMG_9990\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?fit=620%2C465&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?resize=620%2C465&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?resize=507%2C380&amp;ssl=1 507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, why didn&#8217;t I tell you about them in January? Because we the first night they were here on farm we lost 10 of them. From 45 to 35 overnight. I had taken a picture but not yet shared. We found where a feral cat got in, we fixed the chick enclosure and took a deep breath. Now, 35 chicks are still new chicks and no reason not to talk about them. I wrote a draft blog post. Day 2 found us missing 3 more chicks. The blog post to share with y&#8217;all stayed a draft. Over the next two weeks we lost all but 11 chicks. All from animal predation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, the commercial layer chicks and meat chicks from October had zero losses from animal predation. No cats, no possums, no weasels, no snakes, no skunks, no lizards. All of which we&#8217;ve had problems with before and we&#8217;ve got so much mesh and wire up in the chick space you&#8217;d think we&#8217;d have it locked down. Evidently not. Every time I thought about sharing with y&#8217;all the new meat birds we&#8217;d lose more. Not exactly a positive topic. I thought it would be overly morbid to count down the losses every day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We finally gave up and built a cage in the cage where we chased the chicks in every night and managed to outsmart what turned out to be juvenile possums who were small enough to fit through holes the weasels couldn&#8217;t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" data-attachment-id=\"4010\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lapiccolinauy.com\/es\/2024\/03\/02\/new-cornish-cross-chickens-sort-of\/web_img_0141\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot ELPH 360 HS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1517512416&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Web_IMG_0141\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?fit=620%2C465&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?resize=620%2C465&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?resize=507%2C380&amp;ssl=1 507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">the chicks&#8217; nightly jail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, around the second week of February we stabilized at 11 meat birds. I waited a week and tentatively drafted a new blog post. The the heat spiked up and we lost 5 to heat stroke, despite the fans and shade covers. Which is why in prior years we haven&#8217;t bought chicks until March. The extreme heat only lasted three days and has since dropped, leaving us with 6 chicks. The remaining six have been doing well, the heat has settled into warmer than I&#8217;d like but not a danger zone. We have about three weeks until they should be at harvest weight. I hope they make it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0177.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" data-attachment-id=\"4013\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lapiccolinauy.com\/es\/2024\/03\/02\/new-cornish-cross-chickens-sort-of\/web_img_0177\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0177.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot ELPH 360 HS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1518724226&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.313&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Web_IMG_0177\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0177.jpg?fit=620%2C465&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0177.jpg?resize=620%2C465&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0177.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0177.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0177.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0177.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0177.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0177.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0177.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0177.jpg?resize=507%2C380&amp;ssl=1 507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nuevos pollos de doble pechuga. M\u00e1s o menos.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He debatido publicar sobre nuestro lote actual de doble pechuga. Trato de no cubrir algunos de los temas m\u00e1s delicados aqu\u00ed en el blog. No porque crea que todos ustedes est\u00e1n aqu\u00ed solo por las partes felices del campo, sino porque s\u00e9 que no todos se sienten c\u00f3modos hablando de criar animales para la mesa. Dicho esto, criamos casi toda nuestra carne y es una parte integral de nuestra vida aqu\u00ed en el campo, as\u00ed que aqu\u00ed va. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En enero compramos otro grupo de pollitos de Cornish Cross. Ahora, normalmente no comenzar\u00edamos un segundo lote de aves de carne hasta marzo debido al calor. El clima de este a\u00f1o, como sigo diciendo, ha sido fr\u00edo y a los pollitos les gusta el clima c\u00e1lido sus primeras semanas, as\u00ed que decidimos probarlos temprano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" data-attachment-id=\"4008\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lapiccolinauy.com\/es\/2024\/03\/02\/new-cornish-cross-chickens-sort-of\/web_web_img_9990\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot ELPH 360 HS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1515708045&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;16.656&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Web_Web_IMG_9990\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?fit=620%2C465&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?resize=620%2C465&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_Web_IMG_9990.jpg?resize=507%2C380&amp;ssl=1 507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahora, \u00bfpor qu\u00e9 no les habl\u00e9 de ellos en enero? Porque la primera noche que estuvieron aqu\u00ed en la granja perdimos a 10 de ellos. De 45 a 35 durante la noche. Hab\u00eda tomado una foto pero a\u00fan no la hab\u00eda compartido. Encontramos por d\u00f3nde se meti\u00f3 un gato callejero, arreglamos el recinto de los pollitos y respiramos hondo. Ahora, 35 pollitos siguen siendo nuevos y no hay raz\u00f3n para no hablar de ellos. Escrib\u00ed un borrador de entrada en el blog. El d\u00eda 2 nos faltaron 3 pollitos m\u00e1s. La publicaci\u00f3n del blog para compartir con todos ustedes se qued\u00f3 en un borrador. Durante las siguientes dos semanas perdimos todos menos 11 pollitos. Todo por depredaci\u00f3n animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahora, los pollitos ponedoras comerciales y los pollitos de carne de octubre tuvieron cero p\u00e9rdidas por depredaci\u00f3n animal. Ni gatos, ni zarig\u00fceyas, ni comadrejas, ni serpientes, ni zorrillos, ni lagartas. Con todo lo cual hemos tenido problemas antes y tenemos tanta malla y alambre en el espacio de los pollitos que pensar\u00edas que lo tendr\u00edamos bloqueado. Evidentemente no. Cada vez que pensaba en compartir con todos ustedes las nuevas aves de carne, perd\u00edamos m\u00e1s. No es exactamente un tema positivo. Pens\u00e9 que ser\u00eda demasiado morboso contar las p\u00e9rdidas todos los d\u00edas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finalmente nos dimos por vencidos y construimos una jaula en la jaula donde persegu\u00edamos a los pollitos todas las noches y logramos burlar a lo que resultaron ser zarig\u00fceyas juveniles que eran lo suficientemente peque\u00f1as como para pasar por agujeros que las comadrejas no pod\u00edan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" data-attachment-id=\"4010\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lapiccolinauy.com\/es\/2024\/03\/02\/new-cornish-cross-chickens-sort-of\/web_img_0141\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot ELPH 360 HS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1517512416&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Web_IMG_0141\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?fit=620%2C465&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?resize=620%2C465&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Web_IMG_0141.jpg?resize=507%2C380&amp;ssl=1 507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As\u00ed, alrededor de la segunda semana de febrero nos estabilizamos en 11 doble pechuga. Esper\u00e9 una semana y redact\u00e9 tentativamente una nueva entrada en el blog. El calor subi\u00f3 y perdimos 5 por golpe de calor, a pesar de los ventiladores y las cubiertas de sombra. Es por eso que en a\u00f1os anteriores no hemos comprado pollitos hasta marzo. El calor extremo solo dur\u00f3 tres d\u00edas y desde entonces ha disminuido, dej\u00e1ndonos con 6 pollitos. A los seis restantes les ha ido bien, el calor se ha asentado en m\u00e1s calor de lo que me gustar\u00eda, pero no es una zona de peligro. Tenemos unas tres semanas hasta que est\u00e9n en peso de cosecha. 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