Did you feed your roosters any differently than your pullets? This
is something I am debating, whether or not to feed the meat birds more protein.
Nope, these are raised by the hen, run loose birds. They eat some chicken feed, scratch grains and clean up after everyone else.
I use an 18% broiler feed on the broilers, but I'm not sure if I'll
do broilers (cornish cross) again. They do a better job converting
feed to meat, but in reality, I think that the regular chickens do a
better job. They do a lot of clean up of feed, poop grains and bugs
that are free and I can just butcher them as they come on, so that
saves freezer space.
I have to buy 50 broilers and feed them broiler feed. They require care and I end up with a bunch of birds in the freezer costing me money to store.
I'd probably feed the higher protein feed if the birds were closed
up.
I can't buy soy here. I'm thinking to buy or barter some raw soybeans
from a local farmer (or grow my own), next year. A little extra soy would be good to feed to broilers and stuff like that. I also have some iron clay peas to plant next year and they would serve the purpose also. The soy has to be roasted or boiled, so would probably be a pain.
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