kdt_ntexas
Chirping
- Jun 19, 2020
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So ... I am wanting to switch to meat birds. I would like to be able to kill one per week or so. I have heard great things about Ideal in Cameron, Texas, and that's the vendor I am leaning towards, with either their black or red broilers. I am avoiding the Cornish varieties because they are not listed as being very heat tolerant.
I currently have egg birds (mix of easter egger & barred rocks). I have eaten a couple of them and they did not turn out well at all. I have found a new home for them, and would like to move fairly quickly.
The plan is to have about 50 or so birds, with a ratio of about 1 rooster per 10 hens, and eat one per week. Any extras would be bagged and given to friends. If I start a brood of a dozen eggs about every 2 weeks, assuming 50% of them make it, I should be able to sustain this for some time. I can always back off if I get too many or go more often if the flock gets low. And with 50 birds I should have plenty of eggs to eat/share/sell.
I had planned to start with 40-50 chicks.
Do I just give them all grower feed?
Thoughts/Advice?
Thanks
--kdt
I currently have egg birds (mix of easter egger & barred rocks). I have eaten a couple of them and they did not turn out well at all. I have found a new home for them, and would like to move fairly quickly.
The plan is to have about 50 or so birds, with a ratio of about 1 rooster per 10 hens, and eat one per week. Any extras would be bagged and given to friends. If I start a brood of a dozen eggs about every 2 weeks, assuming 50% of them make it, I should be able to sustain this for some time. I can always back off if I get too many or go more often if the flock gets low. And with 50 birds I should have plenty of eggs to eat/share/sell.
I had planned to start with 40-50 chicks.
Do I just give them all grower feed?
Thoughts/Advice?
Thanks
--kdt