I actually found a chart online that went through egg conversion sizes after I started looking. I have no idea how big a bantam egg is (small?) but basically it sounds like unless I"m baking in a large quantity that I dont need...
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So, I kept 2 black broiler hens and 4 cornish that were destined for my freezer (and technically still are!).... well lo and behold, a few of them are now laying and I've gotten about a dozen eggs this...
I think my cost-benefit analysis works out in my favor when I calculate the cost of the food I'm producing and not the lowest cost I can purchase it for. Ie, at Dillon's, I can buy a whole chicken for less than $1/lb. But,...
Its definitely way lower in protein than traditional broiler feed. What type of meat birds do you have? If they're CX's, at 8 weeks they should be very close to butchering age anyway.
I fed my meaties layer feed this...
Any reviews on the plastic (Eggloo??) coops.
They appear to be wildly expensive. However, I like my chickens too much to subject them to living under something I built :).
I don't use bleach. I rinse each carcass thoroughly with cold water prior to final cutting/packaging.
I also use a meat thermometer when I cook :) (not just for chicken, but in general). Haven't died yet... or even had...
The biggest problem with CO2 stunning is that its difficult to implement at home in a way that is not overly stressful to the animal. CO2 stunning is commonly used and has totally modernized humane hog slaughter- the biggest push...
No. The law of random assortment says that you have a 50% likelihood of inheriting a certain gene from each parent, right (each side has 1 set). In a purebred, these genes are very consistent between the 2 parents- so these...