I've got 24 6 week old meat birds, a mix of Cornish X, Pioneer and Red Ranger. We were planning to cull 2 of the Cornish X this weekend because they are having leg issues and it seems like it is very hard for them to get around. When I went out to feed them this morning, one of the two was...
My first batch of meat chickens are almost 3 weeks old. I've got 11 Cornish X, and 6 each of Red Ranger and Pioneer.
Thus far they've had pretty free access to feed. At first, I was feeding solely fermented feed, but in the past week, I've been offering both dry and fermented.
I think in...
The "starter" I'm feeding now, to my 6 day old meat birds, is 21% protein. The company that sells it, Countryside Organics, also makes a "grower" that is 19% protein.
Should I stick with the 21% percent their whole lives or switch to the 19% at some point?
I'm soaking/fermenting their...