Questions for the Show Broiler Familys

[one66stang]

Is this an idea or a tried and true method?

run feeder of corn into metal 5 gal bucket. Yes it works, we have shown chickens for the last 10 years

[bboswell]

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[Leemo]

Is this an idea or a tried and true method?

Yes, it works to an extent..... but nothing beats getting a stick and physically moving the birds around
Raising broilers for 42 days is extremely time consuming, if you won’t drink out of their water, neither will the birds
Water to feed ratio is 1:1, so if you want your birds to eat, clean water is a must
Also you must keep ammonia low, this deprives the oxygen out of the pen at low levels
You can put cheap cat litter or lime under your shavings to help eliminate this
Exhaust fans set at about 2 1/2 feet above the ground floor in a corner will also help

[Razorback01]

Educate me, why do you need to keep them moving?

[Strummer]

Educate me, why do you need to keep them moving?

I’m was wondering the same thing .

[LonestarGent]

Educate me, why do you need to keep them moving?

Same reason we need to keep moving. If we/ they get sedentary, health problems arise. The more they move and active they are they healthier and Bigger they will grow.

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[AgHntr10]

Educate me, why do you need to keep them moving?

I’m was wondering the same thing .

Every time they move the ****, every time they **** they eat.

[duckboy007]

Take a deer feeder, screw it close to your wall, put a piece of tin behind it
Put some wire on the spinner plate
When it spends, the wire hits the tin, lots of noise

I thought for sure this was going to be a pea gravel setup. Come to think of it, maybe that's the trick. Set up a feeder with pea gravel in it so that when it slings, some of them hit the chickens and get them moving.

[TXChickenRanch]

We are on our first set of broilers and YES these things are very time consuming. So far we are doing good! So far..

What kind extra feed tricks or supplements are y’all using?

[webb09]

some good ideas on here about the last 10 days we cooked cracked corn ,butter
and milk then mixed in some of the regular chicken feed. Most important rule
don't every let them run out of water. sure miss those days when my boys were showing chickens. I think that chickens is the most EQUAL chance for every kid to win

Amen to EQUAL!!!!!

[webb09]

Sleeping bird ain’t earing

[webb09]

We just got done showing. Had 3 pens and started with 150 chicks. Many late nights stirring

[bowmansdad]

some good ideas on here about the last 10 days we cooked cracked corn ,butter
and milk then mixed in some of the regular chicken feed. Most important rule
don't every let them run out of water. sure miss those days when my boys were showing chickens. I think that chickens is the most EQUAL chance for every kid to win

Substituting Blue Bell Vanilla for the milk works as well!

[Strummer]

My buddies little girls broilers took reserved champion today at the Victoria livestock show .

[bowmansdad]

My buddies little girls broilers took reserved champion today at the Victoria livestock show .

Congratulations to the girls!