We have duel purpose chickens. We live close to the Amish. We were able to have a Amish family butcher two roosters and two hens for $2 each. It was our 1st time completing the cycle from chick to dinner table. It’s always just been eggs.
We live in a regular neighborhood and just processed 30 Cornish last week! Nothing like home grown! We processed at 8 weeks and the average bird was 7.5 pounds
We have raised them for about 10 years. Best chicken you will ever eat! We move the tractor in our pasture but a neighbor had us order some for them and they built an 8x8 tractor and moved it around their yard. Their chickens looked great too.
we get 50 and pasture them for about 12 weeks and then process them. Sometimes hens grow slower on pasture we have noticed. then we process them and the average weight is about 9-11 lbs a bird. There is only 2 of us and our 3 girls and they like catching the birds but leave the rest to us, so we give them jobs they like and we do the hard part.
I'm doing this on an 80x125. Just 10 birds and I have 10 more coming in July. I also have 15 (4 egg layers and 11 chicks) in a 500sq ft. run. I'm growing about half their food; cow peas/greens, daikon radish/greens, clover, vetch, collard & brassica greens and of course, grass, weeds, and bugs. I started a food forest so that will be on the menu in a year or two as well, starting with mulberries and bananas. It's a bit of work with almost 30 birds but it won't be that many for long and it's worth every minute.
We figure 15 to 20 lb of food per bird depending on the amount of weeks. That should be a good general benchmark. This is a variable as well depending on how much they actually are getting from foraging.
It all really depends on how much chicken we need to stock up :-). This year I believe we're only going to do this one batch. However, in the past we have done two or three of them back to back in varying numbers.
We have not experienced any predator issues because of the hot wire fences that we have in place and the last that guardian dogs. However I know other people with the portable chicken tractor situation don't have much of an issue because it's constantly moving. I'm sure there's always a chance of that happening thankfully we have not experienced it though.
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We have duel purpose chickens. We live close to the Amish. We were able to have a Amish family butcher two roosters and two hens for $2 each. It was our 1st time completing the cycle from chick to dinner table. It’s always just been eggs.
Awesome! We love hearing these success stories! Great work 💯
We live in a regular neighborhood and just processed 30 Cornish last week! Nothing like home grown! We processed at 8 weeks and the average bird was 7.5 pounds
Great job! We love hearing these success stories! Blessings!!
Did you free range them or use a tractor?
@@denisedurham9385 we used a tractor and moved them in a grid pattern daily
@@RiseandShineSuburbanHomestead thanks
I like the simple design of this. Will have to watch a couple more times to take notes.
We have raised them for about 10 years. Best chicken you will ever eat! We move the tractor in our pasture but a neighbor had us order some for them and they built an 8x8 tractor and moved it around their yard. Their chickens looked great too.
This is a great video! Love the visual aids on screen 😎
we get 50 and pasture them for about 12 weeks and then process them. Sometimes hens grow slower on pasture we have noticed. then we process them and the average weight is about 9-11 lbs a bird. There is only 2 of us and our 3 girls and they like catching the birds but leave the rest to us, so we give them jobs they like and we do the hard part.
That’s great., Enjoy Watching 6-8-2023👍🏽❤️
I'm doing this on an 80x125. Just 10 birds and I have 10 more coming in July. I also have 15 (4 egg layers and 11 chicks) in a 500sq ft. run. I'm growing about half their food; cow peas/greens, daikon radish/greens, clover, vetch, collard & brassica greens and of course, grass, weeds, and bugs. I started a food forest so that will be on the menu in a year or two as well, starting with mulberries and bananas. It's a bit of work with almost 30 birds but it won't be that many for long and it's worth every minute.
Thank you for the info on the square footage ideas definitely maybe something our family could do in the fall .
Great video! Looking forward to trying meat birds next year on our new property.
This is awesome 🎉
Thank you for sharing
Awesome Info. Thanks.
Wow
How much does it cost you in feed during the 8-10 weeks for that many birds?
We figure 15 to 20 lb of food per bird depending on the amount of weeks. That should be a good general benchmark. This is a variable as well depending on how much they actually are getting from foraging.
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So do you do this just once a year or ongoing back to back year round?
It all really depends on how much chicken we need to stock up :-). This year I believe we're only going to do this one batch. However, in the past we have done two or three of them back to back in varying numbers.
What about predators?
We have not experienced any predator issues because of the hot wire fences that we have in place and the last that guardian dogs. However I know other people with the portable chicken tractor situation don't have much of an issue because it's constantly moving. I'm sure there's always a chance of that happening thankfully we have not experienced it though.
So what do you do if you only have a regular back yard?
You can still do it, just start with 20!
Just do it on a smaller scale according to what is appropriate for your sized yard.
@@HeartwayFarms would I free range them instead of using the tractor?
@@denisedurham9385 Depends if you have predators and at least have a fenced yard. Most Cornish X have almost no self preservation instincts.
@@forced4motorsports There is a lot of elk, deer, crows and currently there is a mountain lion roaming my hill eating other peoples livestock.
Got to buy the farm first. Just a small one.