- Sep 24, 2008
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Hello to all. I am a little new to forums and very new to chicken raising.
Two of my children are in 4h this year and will be raising broilers. They are young; therefore, dad is very much the leader. Talk about the blind leading the blind.
My experience in this area includes:
1. Taking culls(?) from students last year, fattening them, butchering, and
still eating.
2. Reading everything I can find on subject.
My conerns right now are producing the meatest chickens possible. I hope I have all the feeding, watering, temperature, caring, etc. down to at least get started.
We will receive 3 boxes of chickens containing 25 chicks each. We have plenty of room and all the equipment.
a. When do I begin the initial culling process, and what am I looking for?
Each child will be able to have three go to show, so I am needing to
eventually reduce to six.
b. Fresh feed, clean water, clean coops, good temperature -what else can
we do to assure the best possible outcome?
From all I can tell in reading, I am really looking forward to everyone's help on this site. I hope I am not asking something that has been answered a 1000 times already. I am still new to "search" and typing exactly what I need in order to get answers.
Thank you
Two of my children are in 4h this year and will be raising broilers. They are young; therefore, dad is very much the leader. Talk about the blind leading the blind.
My experience in this area includes:
1. Taking culls(?) from students last year, fattening them, butchering, and
still eating.
2. Reading everything I can find on subject.
My conerns right now are producing the meatest chickens possible. I hope I have all the feeding, watering, temperature, caring, etc. down to at least get started.
We will receive 3 boxes of chickens containing 25 chicks each. We have plenty of room and all the equipment.
a. When do I begin the initial culling process, and what am I looking for?
Each child will be able to have three go to show, so I am needing to
eventually reduce to six.
b. Fresh feed, clean water, clean coops, good temperature -what else can
we do to assure the best possible outcome?
From all I can tell in reading, I am really looking forward to everyone's help on this site. I hope I am not asking something that has been answered a 1000 times already. I am still new to "search" and typing exactly what I need in order to get answers.
Thank you
