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Now that you mention genetics It reminded me of something else. These birds were crowing at 3 weeks. Never had that before. Yep we insta-potted one yesterday and it's edible that way :) I see lots of pulled chicken sandwiches in my future. Hey, there are worse things.

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We got the broilers from McMurray. They have 2 varieties, but we got the broilers (vs the layers). We only processed the cockerels and kept the pullets as layers. We've not raised cornish cross. We raised Freedom (red) rangers. Sorry, I didn't make that clear. I've been afraid to try the...

Since I'd never grown Delewares before, I did some research (and asked the hatchery) and the consensus seemed to be 16-20 weeks for this particular breed. If I do them Again I'll likely try some at 12 and 16 weeks baked in the oven at 325 for 1:30 covered. This is how I typically cook...

So we raised some Deleware birds. roos went for meet and hens are starting to lay. We processed last week and these are the fattiest birds I've ever processed. Their skins were very fatty, I'd liken it to how duck looks. And there was so much fat inside that it was difficult to get into the bird...

yea that was good. Just needed to move them faster and in quantity. lol. It was a good experiment. Now I know that I'd probably do weekly hatches rather than all in one go.

Have you hatched eggs before? This would give you an idea of what hatch rate could be (of course it varies with each incubator and a persons management style). Are you, do you plan to be NPIP certified. This may make a big price difference. Generally, I'd suggest setting price somewhere in...

I had mixed results. I still haven't gotten a time frame down (think I may have been a bit late). It took me a couple extra weeks, but I ended up selling what I had at $6-7/bird. Going forward I think I'd try to find a better method than Craigslist though. Sold straight run with Delewares...

I'm getting ready to put some delewares on pasture and, as I've never run this breed before, I'd like to know how flighty they are. I've raised rangers in chicken tractors and they never tried to fly. Raised some layers and they'd try to fly every time the door was opened. Just wondering what...

Eventually I'd like to find some gravity wagons for this purpose, but we're planning to move later this year, so don't really want to that now. I am interested in a feed mixer, though I know next to nothing about what to even look for in that arena. Long term goal is to be doing 1000 a year

yes, Fertrell is one of the supplements in the blend I'd like to do. I'm basically just starting with the Salatin mix, or an equivalent

I've tried a couple, but they've both told me they deal mostly with cattle and layer feeds. They didn't seem particularly interested in talking about it further. I know there's Hostetlers in Buffalo, but that's a bit of a drive. I'll give our extension office a call. That's a great idea

Springfield,MO

Im just in the planning phase right now, but I'm looking at 100 Cornish. So 1500# over 8 weeks.

I'm looking for a place around Springfield that does custom mix for broiler feed. I can buy a ton at a time if I can get it in those bags. I'll just have it loaded on a trailer and put it in barrels here.

Hello, I'm in SW Missouri and wanting to get into selling day olds locally. I know they're sold in the spring, but I was wanting to get an idea of roughly when earliest would be, so I know when to set my first batch for hatching. Same on the opposite end of the season.

I'm looking for a solution to make an axle as well. I've done what was suggested here. with bolt and metal center wheels, but (on our unlevel ground at least) the bolts move enough that it wobbles the hole out over time then the wheels are pretty much useless. My tractor is about 10' wide. I...

Guess I'm reviving this thread. I'm wondering if there is now a supply for Organic Chicken feed here in Springfield?