100 Broilers and Fermented Feed Project

[kuntrygirl]

 

Best.........video.......EVER.  I could feel my spinal cord crawling up into the back of my neck, ready to pounce on these people like a spitting cobra!  I can imagine this exact scenario all over the country in these yuppy places. 

The only thing is missing from making it even more funny is showing the waitress going back into the kitchen to get that dossier on Cullen while the chef is in the background carrying a box from the freezer with the big Perdue label on the side and pulling out a chicken for preparation. 

They did an awesome job making this video yes? I laughed like an idiot. 

Good acting.

x2

 

[Angelicisi]

Omg I deal with these people all the time! hilarious

Not this detailed I hope? A funny for the day.

 

[Beekissed]

The Whose dog is this? vid by those people is a classic! So incredibly true to life in the world nowadays...seriously.

 

[Bitterroot]

I've been eyeing this recipe for a while now. It's on my to do list.

http://www.paleocupboard.com/bacon-wrapped-chicken-strips.html
This site has a lot of good recipes

Sounds really good. We love paleo.

Pastured CHickensby JOel Saladin is the title to look for--- I many have morphed the name but I do think that is the one. He explains the size of tractors.

The book is Pastured Poultry Profits. I like Salatin's stuff. Like his videos, too. Whatever it takes to get people thinking about raising their own food, I'm all for, whether I 100% agree with the methods or not.

This book is also good for reference.
http://www.amazon.com/Chicken-Tract...id=1390366659&sr=8-2&keywords=chicken+tractor

Bought two giant bales of peat moss over the weekend. Going to try it with the batch of layer chicks I'm growing out, see if I like it enough to use for the broilers when they get here. Or the turkeys.

 

[kuntrygirl]

We had a cold night last night but the broilers made it. I am noticing an INCREASE in food take. By the time I fill their feeders and go to the next brooder and go back to the first brooder, all of the food is just about gone. They are tearing it up. I guess I will have to get bigger feeders for them.

I stuck my hand in the brooder to put feed down this morning and one of the broilers grabbed my plastic glove and didn't want to let go. He held on for dear life and started shaking his head back and forth like a dog swinging a rag doll from side to side. I guess I was late feeding them this morning and HE WAS NOT HAPPY. I had to push him off of my hand and then he bucked up to me and charged at me. I was like, "OH NO HE DIDN"T!" It was kinda funny though.

I started the 3rd 50 lb bag of feed on Monday and they are almost done with bag #3. So, to date, I have used 150 lbs of feed. Does that sound right or is that too much feed for 100 (-1 that died last week) broilers. Today marks the day that they are 20 days old. If they are eating this much now, I don't want to see what they will be eating at 5 weeks old. :/

I weighed one before feeding last night and it weighed 1 lb 2.1 ounces. I think they are progressing nicely.

I want to try to put them out this weekend but Sunday will only be 61 degrees and I think that may be too chilly. If the sun is shinning bright, I will try them out for a while until I see that they are cold. Then I will have to bring them in.

Question............ Does anyone can/preserve chicken?

 

[aoxa]

We had a cold night last night but the broilers made it. I am noticing an INCREASE in food take. By the time I fill their feeders and go to the next brooder and go back to the first brooder, all of the food is just about gone.

They are tearing it up. I guess I will have to get bigger feeders for them.

I stuck my hand in the brooder to put feed down this morning and one of the broilers grabbed my plastic glove and didn't want to let go. He held on for dear life and started shaking his head back and forth like a dog swinging a rag doll from side to side. I guess I was late feeding them this morning and HE WAS NOT HAPPY. I had to push him off of my hand and then he bucked up to me and charged at me. I was like, "OH NO HE DIDN"T!" It was kinda funny though.

I started the 3rd 50 lb bag of feed on Monday and they are almost done with bag #3. So, to date, I have used 150 lbs of feed. Does that sound right or is that too much feed for 100 (-1 that died last week) broilers. Today marks the day that they are 20 days old. If they are eating this much now, I don't want to see what they will be eating at 5 weeks old.

I weighed one before feeding last night and it weighed 1 lb 2.1 ounces. I think they are progressing nicely.


I want to try to put them out this weekend but Sunday will only be 61 degrees and I think that may be too chilly. If the sun is shinning bright, I will try them out for a while until I see that they are cold. Then I will have to bring them in.



Question............ Does anyone can/preserve chicken?

Bee Cans her chickens, I recall her saying.


150 lbs sounds really good for 3 weeks. Each male is supposed to eat around 20 pounds EACH by 8 weeks if you aren't free ranging all day long.

According to this chart, you are at 1.5 lbs per bird. The cumulative for 3 weeks is 2.238 for females and 2.468 for males. You are way under. That's the fermenting in the works for you.

If you were to let them free range like I did, you will do even better.

 

[kuntrygirl]

We had a cold night last night but the broilers made it. I am noticing an INCREASE in food take. By the time I fill their feeders and go to the next brooder and go back to the first brooder, all of the food is just about gone. They are tearing it up. I guess I will have to get bigger feeders for them. I stuck my hand in the brooder to put feed down this morning and one of the broilers grabbed my plastic glove and didn't want to let go. He held on for dear life and started shaking his head back and forth like a dog swinging a rag doll from side to side. I guess I was late feeding them this morning and HE WAS NOT HAPPY. I had to push him off of my hand and then he bucked up to me and charged at me. I was like, "OH NO HE DIDN"T!" It was kinda funny though. I started the 3rd 50 lb bag of feed on Monday and they are almost done with bag #3. So, to date, I have used 150 lbs of feed. Does that sound right or is that too much feed for 100 (-1 that died last week) broilers. Today marks the day that they are 20 days old. If they are eating this much now, I don't want to see what they will be eating at 5 weeks old. :/ I weighed one before feeding last night and it weighed 1 lb 2.1 ounces. I think they are progressing nicely. I want to try to put them out this weekend but Sunday will only be 61 degrees and I think that may be too chilly. If the sun is shinning bright, I will try them out for a while until I see that they are cold. Then I will have to bring them in. Question............ Does anyone can/preserve chicken?

Bee Cans her chickens, I recall her saying. 150 lbs sounds really good for 3 weeks. Each male is supposed to eat around 20 pounds EACH by 8 weeks if you aren't free ranging all day long. According to this chart, you are at 1.5 lbs per bird. The cumulative for 3 weeks is 2.238 for females and 2.468 for males. You are way under. That's the fermenting in the works for you. If you were to let them free range like I did, you will do even better.

Great chart! Thanks for posting . I wish that I could free range them so they could eat grass and bugs . I guess that's the down fall of getting them in cold weather. Sounds like I have to replace the small feeders with larger feeders. They are eating a lot and the feeders look like they are not holding the amount of feed that they should eat. I wonder if anyone has done a weight comparison and compared feeding FF to regular dry crumble for broilers. That would be VERY interesting to read about. Do you all think that there would be a weight difference? When does those 12 on 12 off come in at as far as feeding?

 

[chickeemama]

There is a Fermented Feed thread on here (sorry, not sure how to do a hyperlink to it). It is verrrry long but has some great info on it. There is someone on there that did a comparison study of her Meaties fed with dry and fermented feed.
Glad your babies are toughing it out in the cold. I am in northern Iowa and we are experiencing cold this winter like I can't remember, it sucks! My hens quit laying in Nov, and I have had to buy 2 doz eggs already, with this cold we keep having, my poor birds aren't going to lay till June!
Think WARM thoughts!

 

[WalkingWolf1]

When does those 12 on 12 off come in at as far as feeding?

Once they are able to go outside and have adequate time (and forage resource) to forage. It's sort of a double-edge sword at the moment. Feeding them "free-choice" we know will cause increased joint issues as they get older -- on the other hand, in confinement, if not fed enough they will start pecking each other and drawing blood (progressing to outright cannibalism) in search of additional protein. Once this starts you have a much bigger problem than bent and twisted legs.

 

[aoxa]

When does those 12 on 12 off come in at as far as feeding?

I did after they settled in. I used eco-glows so they had a natural light schedule. It wasn't quite 12 hours. It was more like 8-9 off until week 2. After week 2 they were on pasture and only fed twice a day.

I'm not sure how you would feed them if you don't let them free range. Maybe 4 hours on, 4 hours off, 6 hours on and overnight nothing at all? I'm thinking 6:30am-10:30am feeding. 10:30-2:30 no food. 2:30-8:30 food and nothing after 8:30pm. Lights out...

Not sure if that would work.. I can only tell you what I did.