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    Sustainable Meat / Standard Bred Dual Purpose Bird Thread.

    Thanks!
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    Sustainable Meat / Standard Bred Dual Purpose Bird Thread.

    #2 Too 2 performing from first hatch.
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    Sustainable Meat / Standard Bred Dual Purpose Bird Thread.

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    Sustainable Meat / Standard Bred Dual Purpose Bird Thread.

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    Sustainable Meat / Standard Bred Dual Purpose Bird Thread.

    At 4 wks weighing 1.5lbs. Sexond hatch 2 weeks old with more chicks and 3rd set going in bator thursday night. Got a bit busy with farming but will get more precise records on hatch 2 and 3. The birds are hatched red then develop a mahogony color with the cornish lacing, some darker than others...
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    Sustainable Meat / Standard Bred Dual Purpose Bird Thread.

    Egghead, i havent quite figured out how to posts pics, 1st hatch is doing great at
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    Sustainable Meat / Standard Bred Dual Purpose Bird Thread.

    I just hatched the first batch of my meat bird expiriment. The first crosses are a Dark Cornish Roo over Red Ranger, Pioneer, and Delaware hens. Had a great hatch and will be taking performance data starting tomorrow. My plan is to take #1 male crossed with #1 female. We shall see!
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    meat chickens

    I put mine out when the weather is about a steady 60 degrees and 3 wks old.
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    How Much Do Your Birds Sell For?

    Personally i wouldnt fool with the 4-h because you have to be in 4-h, show your pen of birds etc. If you just want to be profitable and raise them get set up and order you 15-20 and advertise and find a market!
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    How Much Do Your Birds Sell For?

    The 4-H auctions are for supporting the youth and putting some $ back into their next projects. Also, here anyway, its businesses that spend the big $ to make them look good. Other than a 4-h auction you can be profitable if you put your time in and do your homework! Good luck!
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    Can i turn a profit raising cornish x chickens?

    Also my batches are always 2 weeks apart, and around 30 birds to a batch, all in tracors on pasture.
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    Can i turn a profit raising cornish x chickens?

    Mind if i join the conversation? I live in West Central Illinois and raise quite a few Broilers. My cost per bird here is $5.23, roughly but pretty close, to raise. That included feed, and chick price. I only feed Ross 308 because they have a better conversion for ME. I buy my feed by the ton at...
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    Please help!!

    I used an Arksen 48 egg circulated bator. Kept humidity at 40%. Temp stayed between 100-101, and had a bad storm and lost power for four hours on day 3 or 4. Its my neighbors bator, and i have another batch in mine due wednesday. Thanks for your reply!!
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    Please help!!

    Should i just wait it out?? Or throw in the towel?
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    Please help!!

    I have 10 eggs, 3 hatched completely day 19, day 22 and 7 no pips..all healthy and moving before lockdown..what do i do?
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