its almost time.. should i finish them on corn and milk?

[ohiofarmgirl]

its almost time for my Red Broilers - next week!

i've been giving them 20% broiler feed - medicated. should i finish them this last week on crushed corn and raw goat's milk (we milk 2 dairy gals twice a day)?? at this point will it make any difference to get as much as the 'medicated' stuff out of their systems as possible?

these Red Bro's are pretty good - only 1 had the leg problems and most of them are pretty active. the roosters are as big as or bigger than my mature egg layers...and we just passed the 8 week mark.. so its BBQ chicken dinner next week.

 

[wichix411]

I'm pretty sure that when feeding Medicated feed you have to replace the feed a few days before butchering to allow all of the meds to get out of the meat.. I didn't want to have to deal with that so I just started mine unmedicated and haven't had any problems. As for the corn and milk..? I haven't ever heard of that. You could go to your local feed store and get some unmedicated feed for their last few days. But thats up to you. Good luck!

 

[FlashPointFarm]

The milk will be good for them, I'd mix it with their mash. The higher the protien in their diet, the leaner the meat. Corn = fat. I'd add goat milk to the unmedicated mash. If you can't find unmedicated mash, I'd put them on a chick starter or game bird feed, get some soybean meal and add that to the mash for added protien.

Just my 2 cents, you can put that in your pocket and do whatever you would like with it.

 

[calgal98]

My hens devour milk. I just put it in a bowl and there is a frenzy of activity. You don't have to add it to feed. I suppose you could, but they will drink it anyway.