Just sharing my mistakes, so others need not repeat them - unless they want to.
I free ranged some Cx I got from TSC. Learned a lot. Cx *WILL* range given opportunity, restricted feed and other birds to show them what to do. (albeit not ranging as far as other birds). They will also grow...
A couple thoughts.
One, you can't compete with a Cx. Its why they dominate the market. Neither can you compete with the big producers - when our costs were jumping to $0.40-$0.60/lb for feed during the pandemic, commercial producers were issuing 10q statements complaining of feed costs at...