meyer cornish x s not growing as well as other companies.

[AnthonyT]

There are many strains of Cornish Cross birds. Three companies control 90%+ of the genetics but there are varying strains sold by each company. Cornish Cross can have different growth characteristics depending on what strain they are. Different hatcheries sell different strains depending on who there source is. If the hatchery will tell you the strain they are selling it is easy to look up the growth characters on the parent companies website.

 

[silkiechicken]

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+1

Yep.

 

[sugarbush]

When I started raising meat birds feed was $5.50 a bag. There used to be money in raising them, but now I am only doing it for our personal use. I keep track of the cost just out of habit.

 

[willheveland]

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I knew protein can be hard on organs,but never heard that anything over 18% would make them go lame.I've only had problems from not enough protein.
I never worried about their organs because they only live 8 weeks or so. Will

 

[DaKid]

by PurpleChicken

buy the 26% in bulk and have spoke to many others who love it and it's 30% cheaper
than bags.

can you share where you buy in bulk and not in 50 lbs bags , I am loooking to buy my feed other then local feed store, each and ever month I purchase ruffly 200 lbs of chick egglayer feed and 250 lbs of turkey and game grower feed plus 100 lbs of crack corn in which I mix a 50 lbs into both feeds

Thanks Al.​

 

[PurpleChicken]

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can you share where you buy in bulk and not in 50 lbs bags , I am loooking to buy my feed other then local feed store, each and ever month I purchase ruffly 200 lbs of chick egglayer feed and 250 lbs of turkey and game grower feed plus 100 lbs of crack corn in which I mix a 50 lbs into both feeds

Thanks Al.

We have a co-op that sells 26% Meatmaker crumbles for $440/ton and 16% Layer
for $330/ton. The fun part is you need to pick it up in a big truck.

I bring my van, put a tarp down, Rubbermaid bins on top, and let them drop it from
a release 10 feet up. It's a lot of work but worth it. The feed is good and fresh
because of the high turnover.

You don't need to buy it by the ton. I bought 600 pounds of meatmaker and 300 pounds
of layer.

 

[quercus21]

My first batch of 31 Cornish X rooster from Murrays this year, 6 of them were were very small compared to the rest of the birds. They were the last to be process. I think after 11 weeks, they might have weighed 3lbs. The second batch, I have had all large birds. They were all feed the same feed etc. I think it's all in the breeding.

 

[sugarbush]

I butcherd the seven largest ones this past weekend and they ranged from 3.25 lbs to 5.25 lbs dressed out. The average was 4.50 lbs....small for nine weekers and I have 15 left that are even smaller than that.

 

[blueskylen]

We got 25 Red Broilers from Ideal this spring - processed them at 10weeks as their directions said, and they were about 3 - 4 lbs dressed. good taste, but very lean. i used a 24% feed on them and would wait until maybe 12 weeks with them again.

I now have 50 CX from MMcMurray, and have them on a 22% ( highest steady source of feed - that i have found around here ) 3 1/2 weeks old, and I sure can tell the difference in size from the ones this spring! have been letting them run out of feed for about 6 hours each night, as I don't want to lose any to leg or heart problems, if possible.
I really think that at 8 weeks, they will be at 5/6+ lb processed.
is there any feeding program for the last couple of weeks, if they are not gaining as you'd like?

 

[Acre of Blessings]

I have 34 broilers that I ordered from Meyer hatchery and to me they are growing quick. They are 8 days old today and I can see that they have already grown.

I have them on 24% Dumor feed from TSC. Southern States here didn't carry any broiler feed abouve 18% so I went with the Dumor brand. Hope it works.

I'll keeo you all updated on how they grow.

For starters..............At 7 days old I weighed one and it was 4 1/2 ounces. I will wiegh another next Monday at 14 days.