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    Hello from N Fla

    Welcome neighbor! I live in Crawfordville too. I raise lots of Cornish Cross meat birds, White Leghorns, just starting a flock of Jersey Giants and will have Bourbon Red turkeys in a couple of weeks. I am incubating the White Leghorn chicks now and will add the others when they start laying...
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    Meattie order from Central Hatchery ... great price

    Out of 102, I have processed 39 so far. I will finish the rest tomorrow. They are just over 7 weeks and are averaging about 5 1/2 pounds, dressed without the giblets. They have consumed 34, 40 pound bags of feed. At $13.75, that's $467.50 plus $114 to buy the birds, $581.15 total cost. At...
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    Look at these chicken eggs

    I can't close the carton. They came from White Leghorns, but looks like a turkey slipped into the coop.
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    Meattie order from Central Hatchery ... great price

    Do you have access to round hay bales? That is what I use for the coop litter. I pay $55.00 for a 4x5 foot roll. Sounds like that may be cheaper than buying shavings. Ralph
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    Meattie order from Central Hatchery ... great price

    How many do you raise at one time and how much do you spend on shavings? Ralph
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    Meattie order from Central Hatchery ... great price

    I bought my birds for $.80 each plus shipping. Some folks are paying more than that. I also do my own processing, some pay $3 each. It wouldn't be worth it to me. I feed mine 12 on 12 off after 3 weeks. I pay very close attention to the cost and progress. Other than the reasons I...
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    Meattie order from Central Hatchery ... great price

    Let's see, 19 bags @ $13.75 = $261.25 divided by 104 birds = $2.61 per bird. They are 5 weeks old so that is $.52 per week each. I like to look at the overall cost because the consumption is much greater in later weeks. Lets say I planned to process all of them now. $2.61 feed cost + $1.10...
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    Meattie order from Central Hatchery ... great price

    $13.75 per bag
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    Meattie order from Central Hatchery ... great price

    Well, it looks like I need to make a correction. Nutrena switched things up on me and I just figured it out yesterday. On my last batch of birds, I had 50 pound bags of feed. Nutrena has changed the line to 40 pound bags. As of tomorrow, I have been feeding this batch for 5 weeks. They have...
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    5 weeks and counting...

    Here are my before and after. The large birds are Cornish Cross. The small birds are White Leghorns.
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