Cost chick to table...

chickenlady123,
Yes it is normal. If you keep them long enough, they will feather out. They grow so fast, they can't keep up on featrher development. karla
 
My "material" investment was about $7.50/bird and I did 30 at once. However that kind of price put my labor investment at about $0.0001 per bird. Kind of sucks but still better than buying meat from Wally World.
 
I prefer not to think about it. All im concerend about is raising some ethically raised meat for myself that wont spoil the second you get it.

I make a decent buck selling off excess meatbirds, so that helps offset the cost of food and hydro and whatnot.
 
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But if you look at it from a different view, if they don't feather out you have less feathers to pluck!!!!!
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I also don't thing about cost. Or more like I don't like to ackkhowledge the cost. Or for that matter tell my husband how much these birds really cost. I am afraid if I did the calculations that would consitute evidence. I feel the same way about the rabbits.

I say look "hunny we are saving so much buy not buying meat." I just don't mention I spend 150 at the feed store this week.
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I bartor for most of my grain. So that makes it easyer...then when I get birds, I often order as a part of a larger group. Since many of my friends have the same intrests I do, it's easyer that way and we save a few cents. i also raise feed for all the birds here. Zuk is easy to grow and a pack of seeds is cheep. Then I store up tons of pumpkins in the barn for winter.

I also think about what I'm not spending. I'm not at the mall or spending money out and about. I do the birds with my friends in a sort of buther bee, so in that respect, it's a hobby that rewards, not just takes. And when was the last time you saw a 9 Lb chicken at wally world?
 
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That depends on if it is a 10-12 week old Cornish X or a 3 year old roo.

I've pushed a couple Cornish X's to 8-9 pounds and they tasted great.
 

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