can cornish x be raised on turkey grower?

[mrs_ed]

25 cornish arriving week of feb 22, local stock shop says they can order me turkey grower, otherwise they dont carry meat bird food. will this food work or is protein too high? anyone used this feed for cornish x?

 

[HHandbasket]

We don't raise cornish crosses but do raise other dual-purpose meat birds.

We either feed them turkey grower or a product called "meat maker" that is actually made for pigs, but it was recommended to me by a fellow in a feed store who swears by it, feeds it to all his meaties. We tried it & the chooks love it, and we are in agreement that it makes them meatier and tastier.

 

[dadof4]

That's what I use from start to finish. the one I use is not medicated.

 

[jaj121159]

If you do, you have to serve them with cranberries and pumpkin pie!

 

[Life is Good!]

If you do, you have to serve them with cranberries and pumpkin pie!

And if one says, 'gobble' - I'd get a video of it uploaded to Youtube pronto!

 

[yinepu]

We don't raise cornish crosses but do raise other dual-purpose meat birds.

We either feed them turkey grower or a product called "meat maker" that is actually made for pigs, but it was recommended to me by a fellow in a feed store who swears by it, feeds it to all his meaties. We tried it & the chooks love it, and we are in agreement that it makes them meatier and tastier.

what percentage is the protein on the "meat maker"?

 

[Sundown_Farmer]

I would guess, since it's for pigs, meat maker would be 16%. I would also guess the turkey grower is 26%. A 26% feed is going to pack a lot of meat on your birdies in a hurry. So much so, you're increasing the chance of broken legs and heart failure. I have given it to broilers I was raising with turkeys but only for the first two weeks.

I would keep shopping around for feed.

 

[jessicayarno]

I started mine on a 25% btg (broiler, turkey, gamebird) feed but dropped down to a 20% broiler grower at 4 wks and didn't have one with leg problem.. Had a few with flip, but that is to be expected... I would not keep them on that the entire time,but it is okay to start them on it.. Oh and I also fed mine 24/7 from start to finish, when i moved them out to their coop, i kept the food outside so most of them went in at night and didn't eat all night long.

 

[cassie]

I fed mine turkey starter and then turkey grower, and if I kept them long enough I sometimes switched to turkey finisher. I could not get broiler feed where I use to live and the turkey feed works just fine. I also gave them that supplement Murray McMurray sells that is formulated for Cornish X and turkeys. I think it is called Broiler Booster. You put it in the water and the extra vitamins and such seem to go a long way toward preventing leg and other problems with these birds.

 

[KBlue]

We've used turkey grower without any issues. And game bird too.

We've also used a corn and soybean meal (probably the same as the meat maker stuff mentioned above) that is for hogs. That worked fine too.