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  1. gib

    best ideas for rasing broilers in 4h program - new user

    I am relieved about the sexing thing. I like your ideas much better. I have already learned several new things especially the repetiton of stirring the chickens up often and changing the feed. We will keep them at the school, but I am seriously thinkng about bringing the bigger ones to the...
  2. gib

    best ideas for rasing broilers in 4h program - new user

    Learning some new things here: What is meant by going from protein to fat? In other words, I can find the protein, but what do you mean by fat? Is there a fat percentage on the feed sacks? Here is ignorance in full display - how do you go about sexin a chicken? I saw it once a long time ago...
  3. gib

    best ideas for rasing broilers in 4h program - new user

    Three of us are in on the culls for eating; therefore, all costs and care are split 3 ways. Last year, we did not show, but we did take the culls. I let them get a little too big for cooking purposes and the extra feed for a week or two did not warrant doing so - lesson learned. My boys and I...
  4. gib

    new user need help raising broilers

    Sorry about that - I should have clarified. We will get the chicks around Thanksgiving and they go to show roughly six weeks or so after that. I guess this would mean they are the fast ones. We kept the culled ones last year about 10 weeks and a couple of them were jsut starting to show leg...
  5. gib

    new user need help raising broilers

    I am trying this again as I was not able to post wth success last night. Please forgive me as I am somewhat new to forums and really new to raising chickens. I have to young sons that are in 4h this year raising broilers. I have read everything possible to this point on broilers regarding...
  6. gib

    new user need pointers on raising meatest birds

    Hello to all. I am a little new to forums and very new to chicken raising. Two of my children are in 4h this year and will be raising broilers. They are young; therefore, dad is very much the leader. Talk about the blind leading the blind. My experience in this area includes: 1. Taking...
  7. gib

    best ideas for rasing broilers in 4h program - new user

    Hello to all. I am a little new to forums and very new to chicken raising. Two of my children are in 4h this year and will be raising broilers. They are young; therefore, dad is very much the leader. Talk about the blind leading the blind. My experience in this area includes: 1. Taking...
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