Showing a Meat Pen of Chickens. Suggestions Needed.

[zimmzimm3]

The way we feed our meat pen chickens are as follows:
We start our feeding 2 bags of Turkey Starter
Once the bag are fed we switch to 20% Chicks Grower
2 weeks before fair we switch to Cracked Corn to firm up the birds.

We give them a vitamin pack in there water when they are young but stop after about a month.

Does anyone have suggestions what I can do to improve my feeding program and my birds.

Thanks

 

[Bossroo]

Instead of switching to just corn... top dress your regular feed with corn. All cor n does is add additional body heat and fat.

 

[zimmzimm3]

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Could you give me an example of what you mean? What part corn to normal grower feed? 1 part corn to 2 parts grower??

 

[phoenixmama]

The turkey starter I use is 30%...is it the same for you?

That much protein is darn expensive, and maybe overkill...just my opinion.

 

[JoJo 95]

feed them lots and lots of crickets and mealworms. These bugs are packed with protein and are very easy to get

 

[sjh]

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Wrong
We have debunked that myth long ago.

 

[zimmzimm3]

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Wrong
We have debunked that myth long ago.

If this is the case then what does corn do? What would you reccomend doing at the end right before fair?
Thanks

 

[sjh]

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Wrong
We have debunked that myth long ago.

If this is the case then what does corn do? What would you reccomend doing at the end right before fair?
Thanks

I think you are feeding them right. In dietary terms corn is used because it is a highly digestable grain. It adds lots of caleries to the diet. In a meat bird it will do 2 things. Add muscle or fat, most likly fat. Of course that is what you are looking for so I say keep doing it.