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you can ferment any feed

80 is a lot! I suggest adding water like other poster said. Fermentation is not a complicated issue. It starts right away and adds protein percent immediately and turns the wasted powder into feed and is digested easier. For instance I feed my X's 1 time a day from arrival till 6 weeks then...

I feed 22% for 4 weeks then 20% for 4 weeks then butcher. I feed them i time a day for first 6 weeks then twice a day for last 2 weeks with last 2 weeks being larger amounts. I ferment by simply adding water to feed for a period of 10 or so hours. My mortality rate has always been about 5% or so...

Put a standard UV garden light in their coop for about 2-3 hours a day. I put mine on a timer from about 2 1/2 hrs before sunlight till 1/2 hour after. I never put mine on before night because they can't tell when it will shut off and won't be able to perch. If they never really leave their coop...

I did 27 this last weekend and was wondering what is a good average weight before butchering? I didn't weigh after butchering. Thank you in advance!

i would wire that drill to a switch and zip tie the trigger. did it on my barrel plucker.

23% chick starter for 3-weeks then 20% fermented chicken grower for 5 more till harvest.

Thing is that the food is out for like 6 hours a day. cut back on protein% from last batch of chicks i had. they are significantly smaller and i have MORE leg problems. i got these from a different hatchery tho. Is it possible i got some "not so good genetic" birds? 4 of my 35 can't walk. 2 died...

any way to tape their legs? read a post a long time ago but i think they were very young chicks. feeding 23% but only once a day. not 24/7. they are not huge or growing like crazy.

3 of my 33 birds can hardly walk. Hip/leg problems with this bread i am aware of. What can I do at this stage? They have 3-4 weeks till harvest and how or what can i do to get them there? Gonna have to separate them. What are the odds of bringing them bcak to walking or getting them to harvest?

I would wait. How many do you have? They eat a TON at this age. From 9-10 weeks on 26% i got mega size.

can i feed fermented feed to day old chicks?

I am getting chicks(35) crosses tomorrow, can i feed them fermented food? i got a batch cookin up.

i was thinking 6 lbs was on the light side. is it? they will be 60 days old when we harvest them.

birds are 53 days old(cx). weighed an average one and it was 6.2 lbs. they are all male too. Sunday is slaughter day. What can i do to give them one final good push till Sunday??? anything? using 25% protein right now.

they turn 2 weeks this Thursday and have a lot of wing feathers but their rumps are almost all skin with little fur left. it seems like they grew real fast at first but now stunted. also found one dead today. concerned a bit. any thoughts?

I plan on building a portable coop to house some meat chickens. It is going to be roughly 9x7 and 3 feet high. How many chickens can I fit in there without cramping them? TY

I was paying 18.42 for 100lbs of pellet last month. Went in yesterday and now they wanted 22.60.

thermostatic plug in so that it goes on at 33, off at 45, to protect them from the real freezing weather Thats nice weather as opposed to WI!

Your well prepared anyway. Is there electricity in their coop? Do they have a coop? Is their coop insulated? Does it have a vent of some sort?