Posted by sammydwm on March 14, 2010 at 11:50:34 from (63.135.148.181):
In Reply to: OT Raising Chickens posted by super99 on March 14, 2010 at 05:23:38:
CornishX will take a 22 or 23% starter and a 20% grower. Sell your corn and buy that, or use it to grind part of the ration. Medicated or not for the starter, we have done both ways and loss was negligible for both.
Feed em twice a day morning and afternoon. Give them access to a good sized yard, they won't use it a lot but it does help keep the bad legs to a minimum.
We lost 15 out of 100 the first year we did em due to bad legs and mysterious heart problems. Since we went to twice a day instead of all day feeding the only ones we lost were due to predators and a couple to piling during an unexpected cold snap.
With CornishX the roosters are more expensive since they are meat birds. Worth the extra though since you can put a lot of feed through an egg layer type and end up with very little meat. We have bought the CornishX pullets (which are cheaper) and been pleased with the way they grow out. Once we did a straight run and butchered the cocks early and the hens later which lightened up the workload on butcher day....
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