Posts by arthurpete

I have 26 chicks and 7 ducks sharing a brooder and it is getting awfully cramped. I noticed one of the ducks last night was harrassing the chicks, pecking feathers and what not. The chicks turn 3 weeks tomorrow and the ducks will be 3...

I just got another batch of freedom rangers which i assume is similar if not the same as red rangers. I have had great success with the previous two batches. The ones in the fall put on alot more weight up to and after 9.5 weeks. Most...

I dont have a picture but this is probably the closest i have found to what i discovered on one of my broilers the other day (pic below). Now if this is 90% coverage then i would say my bird had 5-10% coverage. The description refers...

19%, Countryside Organics Grower....http://www.countrysideorganics.com/product.php?productid=134&cat=51&page=1   Dont get me wrong, i was extremely impressed with the results in the fall and i suppose the current...

Just curious....those that raise meat birds year round....Do you generally get fairly significant weight differences in spring vs fall birds?   My fall birds at 9 weeks averaged 6.4 and 5lbs for males and females...

Last fall i raised Freedom Rangers on non soy from Countryside.   At 9 weeks the avg male was 6.4 lbs with the high being 7lbs and low 5.8. The females avg 5 lbs with the heaviest being 5.6 lbs and lightest at...

Just a quick question on Pekins....   How much feed in lbs am i looking at for a Pekin at the end of 8 weeks? 12 weeks?   Whats the conversion ratio?   thanks

Anybody done research on Alabama regulations?   Do we have an exemption?

I kept a few Freedom Rangers cause i had read on the hatchery site that they lay decent. But i have yet to run across an answer on here. Ive asked a few times but havent gotten any bites.....so......are they worth keeping around? When...

So i processed the remaining FR's i had and found some surprising results. The Males on average weighed 8.56 lb (9.4 high and 7.4 low) and the Females averaged 6.8 lbs (7.8 high and 6.0 low).I processed only Males the first go around at...