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    Peking Ducks

    I processed 20 peking ducks over the weekend. This was my first attempt at ducks. They were fun to raise but man do they go through the water. They also attack the grass which is great. I needed to keep them a few more weeks as their final weights were between 3.0 and 3.2 pounds. Very...
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    Chest Freezer Chill Tank

    I have an old working chest freezer in my basement that we underutilize. I am considering moving into my barn to use as a chill tank. Has anyone used one like this, and how did it work? Barry
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    Feeder space per bid

    How much feeder space are you using in your tractos. I will have 10x10's and I am using trough feeders. I will be putting outside shortly and I want to make sure I have the right amount of feeders fors them. Each 10x10 will have about 65-70 CX's in them. Thanks Barry
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    250 Chicks

    Here are my chicks, I received them on Wed. morning and this is about 11:00 pm. Last night I discovered my first loss. Appeared to be a weak chick that just was trampled by the other chicks. Barry
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    Feed for the first two weeks

    I have seen it posted that for each 25 birds they will consume 500lbs of feed. How is that spread out during the growth cycle. I am ordering feed and don't want to get more than a couple of weeks worth. I have 250 chicks coming next wed. How much feed for two weeks. Barry
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    Chill Tanks

    I have hired a mobile processor to come to my farm and process 300 chickens in June. I have presold the vast majority and they will come to the farm on the processing date to pick up their chicken. I am trying to work out how my chill tank, bagging, and after bagging storage (a few hours at...
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    Feed Recipe

    For those of you who have your broiler feed custom milled, would you share your recipe. Specifically I am looking for any supplements that you might add, such as Fertrell. The mill I have is not a dealer of their products and I am curios if anyone uses supplements and to what extent. Barry
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    Birds In The Corn Patch

    My wife and I raise meat birds and also have a pumpkin patch farm in the fall. I raise about 1/4 to 1/2 acre of indian corn to sell. I do not have a ton of equipment and my the weed control is very hard in every crop I have. Could I pen the chickens in my indian corn after it gets a foot or...
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    How long in the cooling tank

    What is the maximum amount of time you can keep the chickens in the cooling tank after processing?
  10. barrybro

    First Batch

    Processed my first batch of Meaties. I kept no records this year. I had 25 that ranged from 4 lbs to 8.5 lbs. They were colored broilers from S&G Poultry. They are resting in the refrigerator right now. They looked great. Barry
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    What age can a chicken eat whole corn?

    I have about 300 pounds of whle corn that i would like to utilize feeding to a batch of broilers. At what age can I feed the corn to them and what other nutrition would I need to supplement? Thanks Barry
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