broilers

  1. The_Chicken_Tender

    Broiler chicks sneezing and shivering

    I have five broiler chicks and they are eleven days old. I have been raising them in a 10x10 pen outside, with a heat lamp in one corner. Before I used it for the chicks, it just sat there open so my other chickens have gone in and out as they please. The reason I mention this is to say that the...
  2. J

    Meat birds in town?

    My family is planning to move onto a 1/4 acre in town. After raising our own chickens for meat for the last 7 years, we are loathe to give that up. Our kids also raise them for 4h, so we’d like to continue. Has anyone successfully raised meat birds in town? A movable chicken tractor is not an...
    • Janedi
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    • broiler broilers meatbirds urban backyard urban homestead
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Meat Birds ETC
  3. Poultrynomics

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  4. T

    3 day old cornish cross chicks dying suddenly???

    We raise Cornish Cross every year for 4 years, in batches of at least 100 twice a year. We picked up our chicks from the hatchery on 5/17/23, today is 5/20/23 and we have lost close to 15 so far. No idea what's going on and we have never lost this many so early. In fact we normally don't even...
  5. HenriettaPizzaNolan

    Ideal dressed weights for chicken

    When raising meat birds, what dressed weight do you shoot for? Last time, our CX birds were 6.5-8.5 lbs. dressed, and they were pretty huge. Not complaining but I'm not sure if I need THAT huge. However, I also don't want to process too early and have scrawny chicken pieces (thighs, breasts...
  6. PrincessTee

    New raising buff opringtons

    My family and I have ordered half a dozen buff orpingtons hoping to raise them for dual purpose. I have done hours of research but can't seem to find an answer to my question regarding feed. We would like our orpingtons to be layers but eventually use them at our dinner table. Are there any...
  7. Topbless

    Emergency: Please, my Turkeys and Broilers are dying.

    I thought it was just a stained but after so many observations and studies, I discover it is a disease which I don't know the type. It's two broilers(fowls) and 3 turkeys but a turkey died 5 days ago without any signs. Please, what can I do to save them. The pictures are attached.
  8. EnnieM

    American Bresse?

    Hey guys. So I recently got some American Bresse from a quality breeder (not a hatchery). My plan was originally to raise & butcher. But it got me thinking… Are they nearly as “desirable” as the French Bresse? Is there any money in selling hatching eggs or chicks compared to standard breeds in...
  9. M

    Coop for Meat Birds

    HI! Looking for opinions. We are currently building the run for our meat birds. Hubby asked me if he needs to build some sort of "box" they can go in to at night. Do the broilers need to have this type of area within their run? Please post pics of your designs.
  10. TundraFang

    Breeding Project Ideas

    So my girls are starting to lay and I'm hoping to start a breeding project to learn more about genetics. Here's what I have to work with: Easter Egger Sapphire Olive Egger (Hens only) Amberlink (Hens only) Prairie Bluebell Egger (Hens only) Australorp Maran Orpington Wyandotte Brahma (Hens Only)...
  11. M

    RED BROILER ST RUNS...Processing Age?

    So, I purchased the red broilers on accident actually. I wanted broilers, but not reds. I'm not finding any answers on Google about how old to kill them. I have found 12 weeks for Red Rangers, but not for red broilers. Maybe it's the same thing. The roosters are getting bossy and kind of mean...
  12. Isadora

    Hey guys! Homesteading newbie here

    Hey guys! I've read this website off and on for several years but didn't have a need to join since I didn't have any poultry. Now we're out in the country, starting our homestead, and have a flock of 18 runner ducks and 4 pekins, a brooder full of peeping freedom rangers broilers, and a pen of...
  13. ChiknforME

    Bulk feed in central KY

    Looking for suggestions on bulk feed for CX. Would prefer yo get from feed mill. Or if you have a good recipe. Going to have 70 birds.
  14. C

    Meat bird questions

    Before I start yes I guess it’s too late in the year for raising meat birds but, I have facts to back myself up for raising them, anyways, to my real question, will my Cornish cross make it to 9 weeks (aka next Saturday) I have 8 left of 12 and their weight is going smoothly, I weighed them...
  15. T

    Getting homeowners insurance if we sell broiler chickens

    Hello, Wondering if anyone has had this problem and if so, how they solved it. We bought a 12 acre farm property in Pennsylvania and we are starting a business raising broilers on the property in chicken tractors in our pasture. We are very small scale at the moment with only 3 chicken tractors...
  16. T

    getting homeowners insurance if we sell broiler chickens

    Hello, Wondering if anyone has had this problem and if so, how they solved it. We bought a 12 acre farm property in Pennsylvania and we are starting a business raising broilers on the property in chicken tractors in our pasture. We are very small scale at the moment with only 3 chicken...
  17. reelmza

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  18. E

    Broiler vs Layers

    Good greetings to you all. I want to stir up a contradictory topic.To get started ,broiler chickens are fleshier than backyard chickens although they on average take a mere 6 weeks to mature.In contrast to backyard chickens can take more than 12 weeks to mature and still may not be as fleshy as...
    • Eddie man
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    • broiler chickens broilers chicken chicken health chicken quality chickens chicks eggs health layer chickens nutrient value produce quality
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
  19. AlexisP

    Help/ Advise on raising Broilers/meat chickens?

    Hello! I am raising chickens (Specifically the breed White Hen X bred at A&M university) for my FFA animal showing, and this will be my first time. I have done a lot of research already, but I am very interested in learning more on how I am to take care of my tasty friends! (BTW, I've named them...
    • AlexisP
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    • advice needed broilers ffa help meat meat bird
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Meat Birds ETC
  20. MelissaRose

    MelissaRose's Chat Thread

    Hello all! I wanted to start a chat thread to meat some new peeps on the forum and hang out with some I already know. So just introduce yourself, you don't have to say your real name if you don't want to, and maybe share something about yourself. What kind of poultry you have, your hobbies...
    • MelissaRose
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    • broilers chat chickens cow melissarose pigs quail sheep vegetarian
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Random Ramblings
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