24 2 week old Cornish X's eating too much?

[bigredfeather]

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So you drop all the way down to 16% now, and are still maintaining you desired weights at 7 and 8 weeks?

 

[Brunty_Farms]

This will be the first year at 16%, last year I did 18% and did just fine. I was shocked too. Saved a ton of money though, however now that corn has gone up it's almost as much as the supplement.

$16.00 / hundred for corn
$24.00 / hundred for supplement.



CRAZY!!! Gonna put a lot of small farmers out of business this year. Especially ones that don't direct market their products.

 

[madamwlf]

I use natural light to restrict feed. When the sun goes down they don't eat. When the sun is up they eat all they want plus grass and bugs. First time with meaties. Got another batch coming in June.

 

[Matrix Escapee]

Jeff, what is your supplement?

 

[bigredfeather]

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Did the 16% add more fat on the finished birds?

 

[vtgirls]

I am looking at a feed schedule (light restriction is not my plan) however there is major disparrity between storey guide and welp hatchery guide.

The mantra to follow from the storey guide is minimum amount of food required per 100 meaties is double their age per day--(100 meaties at 4 weeks should eat no less than 8 lbs /day)

Using these numbers I get a schedule sort of like this:

*each per day total to be split between two feedings...

Week 1 2x1 is 2lb x 26 (chickens) = .052lbs per day 3.64
Week 2 2x2 is 4lb, x.26 (chickens) = 1.04lbs per day 7.28
Week 3 2x3 is 6lb x .26 (chickens) = 1.56lbs per day 10.92
Week 4 2x4 is 8lb x .26 (chickens) = 2.08lbs per day 14.56
Week 5 2x5 is 10lb x 26 (chickens) = 2.6lbs per day 18.2
Week 6 2x6 is 12lb x 26 (chickens) = 3.12lbs per day 21.84
Week 7 2x7 is 14lb x 26 (chickens) = 3.64lbs per day 25.48
Week 8 2x8 is 16lb x 26 (chickens) = 4.16lbs per day 29.12
Week 9 2x9 is 18lb x 26(chickens) = 4.68lbs per day 32.76
Week 10 2x10 is 20lb x 26 chickens = 5.2lbs per day 36.4
Week 11 2x11 is 22lb x 26 (chickens) = 5.72lbs per day 40.04
Week 12 2x12 -s 24lb x 26 (chickens) = 6.24lbs per day 43.68
total feed 285 pounds (approximating)



Welp feed schedule – pounds per pullet

weekly

Week 1 .075 daily 1.95 (13.65)
Week 2 .128 daily 3.328 (23.296)
Week 3 .208 daily 5.408 (37.856)
Week 4 .289 daily 7.514 (52.598)
Week 5 .366 daily 9.516 (66.612)
Week 6 .423 daily 10.998 (76.986)
Week 7 .465 daily 12.09 (84.63)
Week 8 .489 daily 12.714 (88.998)
Week 9 .499 daily 12.974 (90.818)
Week 10 .505 daily 13.13 (91.91)
Week 11 .510 daily 13.26 (92.82)
Week 12 .512 daily 13.31 (93.17)

Total 814 pounds

This batch of 26 pullet cornish x are to be slaughtered at jsut shy of 12 weeks, along with a 7 week old batch same slaughter date.

PLEASE HELP _ I am looking at a difference of 500 POUNDS of feed between these two schedules. PLEASE> PLEASE ADVISE QUICKLY! The first batch is 17 days old now, and eating 3 lbs a day, split into two feedings - less than welp but WAY more than storey??!!??