I just watched the video pretty cool
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Originally posted by hully1029 View PostAnyone raise their own meat chickens? What's the difficulty, costs, etc?
I raised broiler for stockshows as a kid. Last year I raised a set using a pasture based method. The cost per bird was around $15.
John Suscovich on you tube has a really good video on his costs to raise meat chickens.
It's not all that difficult, just a daily task. The guy above has several good week by week videos on raising broilers.
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Originally posted by RiverRat1 View PostYou guys that have done this multiple years in a row do you buy each year or hatch eggs?
Click broilers, then Cornish rock cross.
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We put up around 50 a year. I hang them buy their feet and pull skin feathers and all off on 98% of them pluck a few for my wife to roast. Pull the insides keep the gizzards, livers for my Dad. I go ahead and cut them up at that time. I use a big pair of poultry shears to cut the breast off. Sharp knife on the wings and drum stick. I package the wings and and drum sticks in bulk. Breast and thighs 2 to a pack. My daughter timed me and I got to were I can skin, gut, and break down a bird in under 2 minuets.
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CornishX. They will eat a lot, get fat and barely be able to move. These are the best because they will be sooner faster than any other breed. The size these get in 3 months is more than some other chickens will get In a year. We have a bunch of different breeds running around so I kill on average 1-2 younger roosters a week. I never raised Cornish beacause you want those cooped up.
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