100 Broilers and Fermented Feed Project

[aoxa]

Great information.

I started off with the galvanized metal feeders. In two of the brooders, I put in plastic feeders. As of this morning, I had the galvanized metal feeder but will change that as soon as I get home. And I remember someone (and it may have been you) mentioning about ACV NOT being put in metal waterers, so I was aware of that but I didn't even think of the ACV being in the FF. The FF that was in the galvanized feeder may have be in there 2 days at the longest. There hasn't been any rust yet. Thanks for the reminder.

The first few days when there was A LOT of left over FF when they were eating a lot, I gave the leftovers to the chickens in the chicken yard. Now it's not as much of the dried pieces as before.

I have a lot of PVC pipe around the yard. I'm always picking up materials from Craigslist list of from other people. I have a design that I'm thinking about as we speak. I also have a special broiler brooder that I am currently designing. The person who builds for me is gonna kill me when I tell him that he has another project.

Something like this would be awesome with PVC. I'd use it, but I'm terrified of saws other than the standard chop saw. Couldn't cut it right with that!

 

[kuntrygirl]

Great information.


I started off with the galvanized metal feeders. In two of the brooders, I put in plastic feeders. As of this morning, I had the galvanized metal feeder but will change that as soon as I get home. And I remember someone (and it may have been you) mentioning about ACV NOT being put in metal waterers, so I was aware of that but I didn't even think of the ACV being in the FF. The FF that was in the galvanized feeder may have be in there 2 days at the longest. There hasn't been any rust yet. Thanks for the reminder.


The first few days when there was A LOT of left over FF when they were eating a lot, I gave the leftovers to the chickens in the chicken yard. Now it's not as much of the dried pieces as before.


I have a lot of PVC pipe around the yard. I'm always picking up materials from Craigslist list of from other people. I have a design that I'm thinking about as we speak. I also have a special broiler brooder that I am currently designing. The person who builds for me is gonna kill me when I tell him that he has another project.

Something like this would be awesome with PVC. I'd use it, but I'm terrified of saws other than the standard chop saw. Couldn't cut it right with that!

I like that.

 

[Ron Skekel]

I like that.

I bet you could get it cut where ever you buy it from. Every one went to Facebook I like BYC format better. Pam

 

[Angelicisi]

All I use now is the PVC troughs. Super easy to clean and fill and two out of each piece. We just screw ends to wood blocks to keep from tipping. I can move them easy too

 

[Angelicisi]

I had to take a guard off a feeder...one with holes like your metal one. As they grew and got more pushy at the feeder their heads would get stuck and pinned by a greedy sibling:/

 

[kuntrygirl]

All of the broilers are doing good. No losses. They are greedy as ever. All feeders were bone dry this morning, so I had to re-fill. I have opened the 2nd batch of FF and starting on that. I think I will start a third batch today. I think this batch will last me a LONG time. Looks like A LOT in there.

I talked to the lady about the hatch day of the broilers and she said that hey were hatched on the 3rd. They picked them up on the same day they were hatch.

Has anyone used pine shavings for bedding with the broilers? If so, how did you like it? Did it keep the mess down? I have not been able to find the other shavings that were mentioned a few posts back, so it looks like pine shavings will be my choice . I'm not a fan of shavings but for the broilers, I will try them. Someone said that sand is not good but I still want to try sand as well. That may not be until next year.

Here is a pic of the feeder that I designed a few years ago for my other animals. This feeder is AWESOME! I will have this same feeder made on a smaller scale for the broilers with a few minor adjustments that I have been thinking about. I love this feeder for my animals because I can pick it up and move it ANYWHERE I want to. It's not attached to anything. I have several "pick up and go" feeders that I LOVE having in the chicken yard. I can move it and put it under my raise coops on the rainy days and pick it up and move it back to the chicken yard. The plastic makes it for easy cleaning . And the chickens can't get in to scratch the feed out . I'm the only one that may spill from time to time because I'm clumsy and not paying attention when I pour it in. Other than that, I have ZERO waste with these feeders. I know that the FF will work great.

Today or tomorrow, I will construct their make shift outside pen for the weekend. I can't wait to see how their big butts do outside.

Here are the upcoming temps for my area. Last night's temps were ok . I woke up this morning and checked the temps in the brooder and the temps were 90. They were outside in the garage last night.

7 more weeks and counting down.

Now as soon as I can get this chicken plucker built, I"ll feel better. :/

 

[foreverlearning]

I gave up on the sand in the brooder because their poop was too small to scoop so I replaced it then it was too runny.

 

[kuntrygirl]

This is a copy and paste from another thread about feed consumption for broilers. I have been looking for this for months.

Does anyone ever feed "broiler feed" to their meat birds?

http://www.meyerhatchery.com/produc...D=WBRS&grd_prodone_filter=PRODUCT_ID = 'WBRS'

Feed Recommendations:
Recommend feeding your babies 12 hours ON and 12 hours OFF starting at 3 weeks of age. This helps minimize the risk of heart attacks that can result from their rapid growth.

Feed Medicated 20% Chick Starter for the first 3 weeks.
Then un-Medicated 18% Broiler feed until butcher, suggested at 7 - 9 weeks of age.

(To minimize mortality and health issues, we strongly suggest processing at 7-9 weeks of age.)

 

[kuntrygirl]

Also found this.

Broiler Management Guide
http://en.aviagen.com/assets/Tech_Center/AA_Broiler/AA_Broiler_Manual.pdf

I haven't read all of it yet, but I'm thinking that this will help me with the space that I will need for 100+ broilers in the future (although this is on a BIGGER scale then my little bitty brooders.)

 

[kuntrygirl]

I gave up on the sand in the brooder because their poop was too small to scoop so I replaced it then it was too runny.

Was it messy?