Sulmtalers Thread

[DeltaBluezTess]

I have Buckeyes from Chris McCathy, and his recomendation was to feed 27% protein feed or higher for best results. He has been selecting for meat characterisics and growth, as well as the sources he aquires stock from.

what brand is the 27% feed?

 

[Arielle]

Quote: Blue Seal

PS I also feed scrambled eggs for a meat source.

 

[Chickielady]

I have Buckeyes from Chris McCathy, and his recomendation was to feed 27% protein feed or higher for best results. He has been selecting for meat characterisics and growth, as well as the sources he aquires stock from.

I would expect the SUlms to benefit from a similar feeding but from what I know so far, regular 18-20 % starter is the way to go.

What % protein feed does everyone use??

Any other methods like FF, or mealworms, garden scraps, etc

Free range or penned?

I am trying to figure out who Chris McCathy is...................do I know him/her...sounds kinda familiar...?

 

[Arielle]

Quote: Chris is a BYC member . . . maybe that is how. He's busy these days and rarely on the forum now. He's been breeding buckeyes for a few years.

I have the 27% feed so will try my sulms on that feed. Would love to compare notes with others that feed the 18-20%protein starter. Chris said to feed for 8 weeks at this level, then to reduce the protein.

I had a devil of a time finding 27%, I was alsmost jumping up and down at the desk!! lol I was afraid I had heard wrong and had to look at the book for myself.

 

[celticgarden]

Well, it may be time to eat my rooster. He is a big guy! And crowing regularly. Also has a fondness for our little 2 pound white sultan! I really dislike the killing and plucking but I do so love the eventual eating. Any special tips? Any preferred methods?

 

[DCchicken]

Well, it may be time to eat my rooster. He is a big guy! And crowing regularly. Also has a fondness for our little 2 pound white sultan! I really dislike the killing and plucking but I do so love the eventual eating. Any special tips? Any preferred methods?

I took mine to a lady at a poultry farm. I can't raise them from chicks and then process them. She only charged me $2 per rooster. My disappointment was that they were not quite as heavy as I thought. They barely averaged 4 pounds dressed. Next time I am going to fatten them up the last week. However, I don't have it in me to restrict their movement as I want them to have all good days and one bad one. I still let them free range up until the night before I take them.

I roasted one last weekend. The taste was incredible.

 

[Arielle]

DC-- are you saying the carcass was lean and needed more fat?? Another consideration is that commercial meat is full of broth and plumped with extra water . . . I find my own meats to be more solid and wonder if it is due to the lack of sitting in a broth. The packaging here in this state must list if broth has been added . . perhaps that requirement is country wide, IDK.

 

[DCchicken]

DC-- are you saying the carcass was lean and needed more fat?? Another consideration is that commercial meat is full of broth and plumped with extra water . . . I find my own meats to be more solid and wonder if it is due to the lack of sitting in a broth. The packaging here in this state must list if broth has been added . . perhaps that requirement is country wide, IDK.

It tasted delicious so I don't think it was too lean. The problem is that the breasts were not very big. I am cutting one up this afternoon so I can have breast meat for stir-fry. I can post an image if people are interested.

 

[JDXX]

It tasted delicious so I don't think it was too lean. The problem is that the breasts were not very big. I am cutting one up this afternoon so I can have breast meat for stir-fry. I can post an image if people are interested.

Please do, we are raising a trio of GDW? Sulmtalers now and would like to see.

 

[Arielle]

Quote: I'm with JDXX, love to see pics.

I am raising my first 26 bickeye chicks and as I mentioned before, the strong recommentation was to feed 27% or higher chick feed for the first 8 weeks. I'm guessing that sulmtalers would do well on this same ration as it is a corn -soy based diet. Meaning that the amino acids in corn are complementary to the soy. ( THen I do feed scrambled eggs when I have time, on average 10 eggs a day. ) ANd the sulms are raised historically on corn.