Originally posted by Balcones_Walker
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I haven’t raised any to 12 weeks, but I can tell you in 8 weeks they’ll eat 11-13lbs depending on size. Feed conversion efficiency drops quickly beyond 8 weeks, so it wouldn’t surprise me if it doubled over the next four weeks. That wouldn’t include offsetting feed lost on increased mortality. Cornish X will likely lose a few to heart attacks by then.
I would think you could restrict feed and have them more likely to make 12 weeks-maybe even more efficiently.
I haven’t grown any recently, but I really like the freedom ranger types grown out to 12 weeks. I suspect the Sasso naked-necks might be even better, but I have yet to grow a batch.
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