broilers

Getting setup for some fun this summer. We have an organic farm where we have about 10 acres to play with. There will be a significant free-range component. Just got two young dogs. Poultry fencing and housing will be next concerns. Lots of pictures to follow.

I usually feed my birds (I have geese, turkeys, meat birds and layers in the same coop, soon to be separated but for now together) a 4 way mix of Oat, peas, barely and wheat. I also add in layer crumble and some oyster shell for my layers. The local feed supply however is out of wheat and my...

Hello – my family and I recently started raising chicks for eggs and bought 6 straight run chicks from our local feed store. There was no sign indicating breeds or sex. They are now 6 weeks old and are growing quickly and our family has grown attached to them in the meantime trying to figure out...

I bought broilers along with my egg chickens just to see if the amount of time and feed was worth growing my own food. Well it's been about 4 months now and they look no bigger than a 4 week old broiler. I'm not sure what happened along the way that caused this but at this point I'm not sure...

Hello everyone. I've always had much success using the previous posts in the forums to get answers to my questions but I' having trouble finding an issue to my specific situation. I bought 32 3 day old broiler chicks (Cornish Cross) on May 11 and I'm down to 23 now. Over the course of their...

I BOUGHT 6 BROILER CHICKS ON 28TH MAY, 2018 NEARLY 10 DAYS OLD. LAST WEEK ONE GOT BRUISED ON LEFT FEET AND BECAME DULL. WE TREATED IT AND UT WAS FINE RUNNING AROUND BUT 2 DAYS BEFORE WE FOUND IT DEAD IN ITS CAGE! WE STILL DON'T KNOW THE REASON. TODAY IN MORNING WE FOUND ONE OF THE 5 REMAINING...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? This is our first time raising chickens. We have had then 1 wk 1 day (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We have 32 chicks (lost one 3 days ago) (3) What breeds do you have? We are raising meat birds as our gateway into...

My kids are new to showing and we are trying to get these birds to grow. We’ve been feeding 28% protein gamebird feed. Any suggestions for us? Appreciate any help!

As you can see, Gordo is quite bigger than his brother chick. I didn't know that Cornish broilers got so big when I initially bought this one but now I feel so bad. He gets so tired he can't walk and sits down often and has hair loss on his bottom. Is there anything I can do to help the guy lose...

I Just recently received my new chicks and my red broilers and RIR chicks look identical. Can't tell the difference between them at all. Also got production reds which look just like the RIR's. I'm totally lost and don't know what to do for the feeding since I've heard broiler feed is bad for...

This article is so full of lies and misleading information it's sickening. My brother runs an 8 house farm and he is under an incredible amount of rules and constraints regarding the care of his birds. It's not surprising that the comments appear to be disabled and hidden after nearly 3k...

My husband and I are raising about 15 broilers in a chicken tractor out in the field behind our house. They are on grower food now. I feed organic food and two of the feed stores near me only sell organic starter, grower and layer. We plan on butchering our chickens at about 12 weeks (I...