Noll's Red Meat Makers

[beanmcnulty]

Yup you need to call (email worked for me) and you can get the order form and literature in the mail, then place the order by mail (or fax, I mailed). Needed to call to get shipping quote as they did not have a table of pricing in the packet.

 

[Bucky182]

Any update on your birds? Just got a new flyer from Noll's they have raised thier prices some on the meat birds. Still cheaper than most other places. Let us know how they are doing.

 

[beanmcnulty]

They are doing very well, the only other loss was the one with the leg issue, I have them in 1 8x10 tractor that needs moved every few days (pooing a lot), I plan on building another in a few weeks to split them up (I figure that space is good for ~30) as they get bigger. Feed consumption hasn't shot up as much recently as from week 2 to week 3 or 4. They are in their 5th week and are small chickens, haven't weighed any, but I think they might be getting big enough for my cheap fish scale. They almost empty a 5 gallon waterer on the warmer days (need another of those soon). They might be playing with the water too though. I will try to get some weighed this weekend!

bummer on the prices! I just asked for current pricing for my next order, I guess I will see soon!

 

[beanmcnulty]

I got the current order form and pricing and are posting here:

 

[Bucky182]

Hey give us an update and some photos!!

 

[beanmcnulty]

Sorry I am sooooo busy these days! Well I will copy here what I PM'd you:

They are at least a few pounds, sorry I have been too dang busy to get much data on them! I know that my 80 sq ft tractor is too small for them now and i am behind building the second one. I will try to remember to get a new pic, but they are larger, better feathered versions of the 4 week old one I previously posted (they are 6 weeks now). I like them, they are docile, pretty colored, the girls are a more solid red and boys are more colorful, there must be some sex linking going on. The coloring overall is lighter than I though it'd be, which I like since pin feathers should be less of a problem. I had to put one down since i ran over it with the tractor, I am going to be changing to day ranging as soon as I get my second electronet. Less injuries. Also lost one to human error, one to leg problems and 2 to mystery flip, but despite those losses I still have 49 since they shipped me 54 birds. hope this helps! I will have pics of carcasses too after june 8. they have huge thighs.

 

[beanmcnulty]

Here is a pic from this (rainy) morning- a boy in foreground and a girl in the back to the right a bit, for an example of the color differences between the sexes. I ran over another one with the dang tractor, I am done tractoring very soon, I am failing miserably at it.

 

[beanmcnulty]

Update, I got one of the larger males weighed and he was between 5 and 5.5 pounds. I weighed a girl and she was about 4. They are now 8 weeks. So I would say, if you are getting all boys (and they all seem to be of similar size by the way) they would be good to go at 9 weeks for sure. I will probably have some big birds at 11 weeks!

 

[beanmcnulty]

Just a quick note the males I have are getting to be humongous- they are now 10 weeks old, if I had know how they would do, growth-wise, I would have insisted on a processing date of 9 weeks- they would dress 3.5 and over at that point which is just fine by me. The girls would need another week or 2 to catch up though- but I am keeping the few that I got. They are fairly active in morning and evening when it's not so hot, running around doing chicken things, but they are getting so big I do see a lot of plopping down on the ground, and they are obviously uncomfortable on 90 degree days, more so than any of my DP birds.

 

[kizanne]

Would love to know at 10 weeks what humongous is and love a live wight versus dressed weight when going to process.

I appreciate all the threads like this as I can read different peoples personal experience with different birds. I dislike generalizations that are supposed to apply to all. experiences I can read and judge if it is something I would like.

I did CX's and just didn't like them. I know they grow fast but mine were so lazy! and I didn't even give them high protein food as recommended.

I currently have some generic chicks labeled red and black broilers from a 'local' reseller don't know the original stock so I figure they'll to 10 - 14 weeks and then I expect a 4 to 4.5 lb carcass (or I'm hoping). The CX's did spoil me as some o the last I processed had 6 and 6.5 lb carcas which I liked.

Thanks for the updates and keep them coming if you get any new info.