I did it! (barred rock 'after' pic included)

[chevgrl]

Oh I wish I wasn't such an Oscar Meyer Weiner!! We take ours and have them processed but ideally want to try it my self my broilers are 3weeks maybe I'll get up the courage

 

[hcsarg]

Nice read.
Thinking of getting 10-15 birds to raise out for meat myself. What are the preferred breed for meat and what is the best feed to get weight on? I would like to dress them in 6 months starting with chicks.

 

[chevgrl]

Cornishx dress out in about 8weeks

 

[hcsarg]

what weight should i expect in that time?

 

[chevgrl]

Males dress out to atleast 4-6lbs females take about a week and a half longer to reach the same size.

 

[Minniechickmama]

It depends on where you get them from, some lines get even bigger, dress out over 6 on average. I have had some runts dress at 3.0 and big ones at 6.5-pounds. Those look like mini turkeys. Personally, I don't care for the CRX, but most people raise them for meat. There are also Freedom Rangers, a colored hybrid that people are using more now that are bred to do better at free range and dress out around 12-weeks, I believe. Not sure what weights they are getting though.

 

[LindsayB]

Are ya'll hijacking my thread?? lol j/k the meaties that I have now are almost a week old and they are already very VERY lazy. They lay down to eat and just don't really do much. After these I don't think I will be raising cornish x again. They just don't seem very natural to me. I really want to try the freedom rangers but I don't need 25.

 

[GeneJordan]

 

[danischi24]

Split an order with someone Lindsay.

 

[HLAC]

You did a beautiful job of processing her!