Hey all,
Last year we raised 25 CornishX, and this year we're going to be raising more like 100-200. I'd like to go to my feed mill (a local one) and talk to them about making a grower feed for them. Last year I bought their broiler feed, and it was feed they buy, not mill. They mill their own layer feed, but it's not high enough in protein. The layer feed runs about $8/50lbs and they grower/developer ran almost $11/50lbs. I'd like to see if they can mill they layer feed and add SBM to increase the protein.
I need to be able to tell them I'm going to be buying X amount of bags/tons, etc. I didn't keep very good records for last year's batch, so I was wondering if I could get some estimates on how many lbs of feed your broilers eat assuming an 8 week growing period. If you could give me numbers in batches of 25 or 50 birds, that'd be great.
I really appreciate it! I can't afford to raise 200 birds if I'm paying $12/50 lbs of feed! Thanks!
Last year we raised 25 CornishX, and this year we're going to be raising more like 100-200. I'd like to go to my feed mill (a local one) and talk to them about making a grower feed for them. Last year I bought their broiler feed, and it was feed they buy, not mill. They mill their own layer feed, but it's not high enough in protein. The layer feed runs about $8/50lbs and they grower/developer ran almost $11/50lbs. I'd like to see if they can mill they layer feed and add SBM to increase the protein.
I need to be able to tell them I'm going to be buying X amount of bags/tons, etc. I didn't keep very good records for last year's batch, so I was wondering if I could get some estimates on how many lbs of feed your broilers eat assuming an 8 week growing period. If you could give me numbers in batches of 25 or 50 birds, that'd be great.
I really appreciate it! I can't afford to raise 200 birds if I'm paying $12/50 lbs of feed! Thanks!