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hudsonnascarfan wrote:
i think it would be interesting to find out the differances in costs as to raiseing a dp chicken for meat birds as to the cost of the xrocks after all the dp birds should be hatching out there own eggs as to haveing to order chicks and shipping costs its something ive been trying to find out for myself im totaly for a good dp flock for both meat and for eggs i know it takes longer to grow out the dp chickens but im thinking long term and the dp you also get eggs as well as meat
I posted something that should help a while back:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=442602&p=1
Flll in your own numbers and check out the ucdavis link at the bottom.
Thanks for the info! Thats a good approach to estimating the cost of 1 dp cockerel.
A dressed DP bird may not look as good as a cornish cross, then why not cut the bird up into boneless chicken breast, drumsticks and thighs? Commercial, "organic," "free range" chicken breast is selling at $10/lb. Its really not that hard or time consuming to piece a chicken up.
I may not go out and buy 100 DP cockerels a week like I do with Cornish Cross, but if I hatch my own layers to sell eggs and started pullets, I would like to make effective use of all the cockerels. So I woulnd't be worried about comparing finished times of Cornish x and DP. Just whether or not raising cockerels is worth the time and money to raise them to 4-5 months or grind them up as chicks.
The best way to preserve heritage breeds is to sell and eat them. If their is a niche to fill, a large flock of a single breed can fill it.
I'm on the edge of ordering 50 or 100 cockerels to get first hand knowledge. Meyer has an assorted fry pan bargain... $0.52 each for 50-99 (50@$26) or $0.26 for100+ (100@$26) plus shipping
i think it would be interesting to find out the differances in costs as to raiseing a dp chicken for meat birds as to the cost of the xrocks after all the dp birds should be hatching out there own eggs as to haveing to order chicks and shipping costs its something ive been trying to find out for myself im totaly for a good dp flock for both meat and for eggs i know it takes longer to grow out the dp chickens but im thinking long term and the dp you also get eggs as well as meat
I posted something that should help a while back:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=442602&p=1
Flll in your own numbers and check out the ucdavis link at the bottom.
Thanks for the info! Thats a good approach to estimating the cost of 1 dp cockerel.
A dressed DP bird may not look as good as a cornish cross, then why not cut the bird up into boneless chicken breast, drumsticks and thighs? Commercial, "organic," "free range" chicken breast is selling at $10/lb. Its really not that hard or time consuming to piece a chicken up.
I may not go out and buy 100 DP cockerels a week like I do with Cornish Cross, but if I hatch my own layers to sell eggs and started pullets, I would like to make effective use of all the cockerels. So I woulnd't be worried about comparing finished times of Cornish x and DP. Just whether or not raising cockerels is worth the time and money to raise them to 4-5 months or grind them up as chicks.
The best way to preserve heritage breeds is to sell and eat them. If their is a niche to fill, a large flock of a single breed can fill it.
I'm on the edge of ordering 50 or 100 cockerels to get first hand knowledge. Meyer has an assorted fry pan bargain... $0.52 each for 50-99 (50@$26) or $0.26 for100+ (100@$26) plus shipping
