- Mar 16, 2008
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My Freedom Rangers turned 6 weeks old yesterday.
They are round, stout birds, but not huge monster birds. I have a hard time imagining that in the next three weeks they'll balloon up to butchering size (I'd like 5-6 lb dressed weights)!
I'm starting to think that maybe I'm feeding them wrong.
I'm feeding them Dumor (Tractor Supply) 20% chick starter because it's the only non-medicated chick feed I can find locally. No broiler feed anywhere that I've seen, so that's really my only option.
I feed 2x a day, and there's usually feed left over from the prior feeding. I've started throwing them some cracked corn to play with as well. Most of the Rangers are out in a tractor that gets moved 2x a day, so they have fresh greens to pick at as well (and they eat EVERYTHING green in the tractor that they deem edible). They're roughly the same size as my 10 week old layer pullets, but broader. I'd get a weight, but my kids drowned my scale trying to help wash it.
Anyway, I'm getting tired of feeding these darn birds!! Please tell me that they put on a big growth spurt at the end. I need a light at the end of the tunnel! I have 44 of them, gonna keep a few pullets and the rest are going in the freezer. I can't wait till I can go back to just maintaining my layer flock.
Liz
They are round, stout birds, but not huge monster birds. I have a hard time imagining that in the next three weeks they'll balloon up to butchering size (I'd like 5-6 lb dressed weights)!
I'm starting to think that maybe I'm feeding them wrong.
I'm feeding them Dumor (Tractor Supply) 20% chick starter because it's the only non-medicated chick feed I can find locally. No broiler feed anywhere that I've seen, so that's really my only option.
I feed 2x a day, and there's usually feed left over from the prior feeding. I've started throwing them some cracked corn to play with as well. Most of the Rangers are out in a tractor that gets moved 2x a day, so they have fresh greens to pick at as well (and they eat EVERYTHING green in the tractor that they deem edible). They're roughly the same size as my 10 week old layer pullets, but broader. I'd get a weight, but my kids drowned my scale trying to help wash it.
Anyway, I'm getting tired of feeding these darn birds!! Please tell me that they put on a big growth spurt at the end. I need a light at the end of the tunnel! I have 44 of them, gonna keep a few pullets and the rest are going in the freezer. I can't wait till I can go back to just maintaining my layer flock.
Liz
