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    meaties on the "cheap" and easy

    Depends on your area really...I live outside a small metro area with a large agricultural population. TSC is about the same on feed here though. There are at least 2 local mills though, its 12 a bag direct from them for regular crumbles and 14 for non gmo. All things are relative though, its...
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    meaties on the "cheap" and easy

    Even at 600 lbs for 30 birds, which is probably a realistic number for a first time backyarder would be 12 bags x $12 = $144 / 30 = close to $5 / bird which is still under $1/lb in feed cost, so not bad at all.
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    meaties on the "cheap" and easy

    Even at 3:1 (What I budgeted for on our first run of 50, accounting for waste and what not) and processing at average 7 lbs it's about one 50 lb bag of feed to 3 birds. At $12 (average rate locally for standard starter and feed, we pay $2 more per bag for non-gmo ) its $4 per bird or so, not...
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    Advice on Cornish rock chicks

    There are a lot of different opinions on raising the cornish x on a small scale, and I don't think one can screw it up too much lol. I fed chick starter (a locally milled non-gmo feed, 22% protein) for 4 weeks and now I mix that with the regular chicken 18% protein feed about 1/3 starter 2/3...
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    moving broilers to tractor in North texas

    Mine are about the same age, guess we all got a March 30 shipment :) This is my first round of broilers and it is amazing how quickly they are growing. We have been giving them strictly a non-gmo feed of 24% protein so this may be helping their size a bit. I need to move mine outside ASAP as...
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    Some questions about raising meat birds vs layers

    Hi All, We have been raising layers for about 2 years, and cull most of the roosters every few months. We have about 75 birds total right now and I wanted to raise some broilers so we can get some decent meat out of them, as the cull roosters are pretty terrible except in soup/stew/otherwise...
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