Color ranger q

[SandraMort]

So you're saying that the cornish will be 6-8 lbs at 8 weeks old, same as the power rangers at 12? Someone in that other thread said his 12 weeker power rangers were 8-10 lbs... someone else told me not to expect more than 5. I wish I knew what to REALLY expect!

 

[Bossroo]

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Welcome to chicken econonics 101. Ask yourself this question...You can buy chicken for $.99 a pound at any grocery store... if the big guys are working on 1/4 of 1 cent profit per bird at 8 weeks. You know time is money. What will any other chicken really cost me?

 

[blue90292]

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i believe it was 8-10 pounds before processing for the rangers. i've had my rangers for over 4 months and i don't believe they'll ever get to the size of the cornish at 12 weeks.

sandra, you have to also understand that everyone's situation is different. if you range the birds, you won't get big birds. if you don't, they'll put on pounds faster. if it's cold or hot, they may not eat since they're busy trying to get warm or cool down. if you feed them scratch, they may not gain that much weight. if you feed them show chow, you'll have huge birds. these weights are not precise. they're just something to go by. it all depends on how you raise your birds.

 

[Poultry Snob]

I know that at one time chicks sold as "Freedom Rangers" or "Free Rangers", or something like that from at least one hatchery in the US were a product of the Grimaud Group of France sold under the recently aquired Hubbard banner.

This is the product profile offered by the breeder for the bird I think you are talking about. They have other, simular, lines but this information should give you a general idea.

http://www.hubbardbreeders.com/product_leaflets/REDBRO-S.pdf

Notice the disclaimer at the bottom of the page. Also remember that these results are expected from "generally accepted best practices" of the poultry industry. That is the INDUSTRY. Which are not necessarily the methods practiced by some backyard raisers.

In case you forgot - 1000g = 1KG = 2.2 lbs

 

[SandraMort]

I'm afraid I don't understand. I'm NOT comparing this to supermarket chicken. I'm comparing the cornish cross I purchased to the color ranger I purchased. What does the "big guy" have to do with it?

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[SandraMort]

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OH!!! Thank you! I thought they meant dressed weight. That makes a lot more sense.

sandra, you have to also understand that everyone's situation is different. if you range the birds, you won't get big birds. if you don't, they'll put on pounds faster. if it's cold or hot, they may not eat since they're busy trying to get warm or cool down. if you feed them scratch, they may not gain that much weight. if you feed them show chow, you'll have huge birds. these weights are not precise. they're just something to go by. it all depends on how you raise your birds.

Yeah. I'm just not familiar enough with the variables to be able to predict yet. I'm not worried, I just am trying to anticipate. What is show chow?​

 

[SandraMort]

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Like... Hubbard low end cheapo kibble? Same company? Ew!

This is the product profile offered by the breeder for the bird I think you are talking about.

I need to reinstall adobe and will look later, thanks.​

 

[blue90292]

show chow is the high end feed. purina has turkey show chow, broiler show chow, etc. it's very high in protein, etc so the birds grow ginourmous. most kids that show their broilers will feed the birds show chow.

red tie fed her birds show chow and i think she said her birds dressed 7 pounds at 8 or 10 weeks. i could be wrong but i think that's what she said.

 

[Bossroo]

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Look at it this way. Cornish X can be harvested at 8 weeks to yield a certain amount of meat. If you raise any other type of dual purpose chicken and it takes you 10, 12, 16, or even 20 weeks to yield the same amount of meat. Then you will have nothing to eat ( or any money to spend ffom your birds you sold) for those extra weeks. To get to the equal weight yield of meat you will have to expend for your extra labor, fuel, your extra stress, additional housing , temperature control,etc. all of these things have a price to them. Put a monatary value of that price and you will arrive at your final cost of raising that chicken.

 

[SandraMort]

OK... but I'm comparing broiler to broiler, not dual purpose bird. Yes, I see what you're saying about "extra labor, fuel, your extra stress, additional housing , temperature control" but are those factored into the FCR?

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