Just cracked corn?

[Oregon Blues]

Don't throw the corn away. Just don't feed it as the entire diet. 10-15% of the diet in cracked corn should be fine.

Cornish Cross need a balanced diet even more than other birds because of their rapid growth and all the bone growth. I would have oyster shell out for them free choice so they can have as much calcium as they need, because the corn doesn't add any calcium to their diet.

With 100's of pounds of free corn, you might have enough corn to finish out a pig. Something to think about. The pig will need a better balanced diet than just 100% corn, but they can use a higher percentage of the diet in corn.

 

[ghulst]

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Correct,all birds need a complete ration however a much lower protein works and cuts cost of raising meat birds plus you get les fat on the carcass which the wife loves. The only way I know to lower the protein is to increase the corn in the ration.With corn selling for 11cents a lb. At this time it also cuts cost.
Gary