How To?? Raise??

[FarmerBoy24]

How do I start these chickens as chicks? Tell me the feeding and anything else you know about them from day 1 to butchering. I'll really appreciate it!!!

Thanks

 

[canada-goose]

You should probably read the raising meat chickens section of Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens. As I recall, it's extremely informative.

 

[FarmerBoy24]

I can't find it

 

[canada-goose]

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According to Amazon, it's section 13, Managing Meat Birds. It might be somewhere else in the older edition, though.

 

[FarmerBoy24]

still cant find it. Do you have any knowledge about Meat chickens?

 

[4-H chicken mom]

Starting meat birds are no different than other chicks. We start ours out with a 24% protein and we add broiler booster (which is basically just vitamins and electrolytes to their water everyday. Cornish rock X's grow very fast so they are prone to heart trouble. All they do is eat and poop, can get very smelly but it will be well worth it. I also don't raise my meat birds with my layers. Good luck.

 

[pringle]

Just surf through the whole meat bird section,dozens have asked the same question.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

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Do you have them yet? How old are they? Are they cornish X or another meat bird? I would be glad to lay it out for you.

 

[FarmerBoy24]

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Do you have them yet? How old are they? Are they cornish X or another meat bird? I would be glad to lay it out for you.

There coming on the 22 and they will be day olds

 

[bigredfeather]

Try this:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=436974