You Should STOP Buying Chicks! (But heres how we raise our own meatbirds and layers!)
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I am sorry you ended where you ended. I would love to see them hatching out and also, see how they develop.
I totally messed up the editing snd didnt end it in a pretty way 😬 but i will show them hatching and at end of season i will do a incubator to freezer video
We raised and kept some red ranger meat chickens from McMurray one year, they got huge and were surprisingly good layers of large brown spotted eggs.
This was something my husband and I were discussing and I am glad you are experimenting so when we are at that point we have some solid info. Thanks for sharing.
I had to cull my biggest australorp hen cause she started eating eggs. Was such a bummer. I have since incorporated the giant cochins into my flock to put more meat on them. Will see how that works. Thank you for the video!!
I have never hatched chickens, so I do not know what I am talking about, BUT, I seem to recall that it is important to always place the eggs in the incubator with the correct end pointed up. I think it is the pointed end, but I am not certain about that. As I said, I do not know what I am talking about. :-) Just thought I would mention it just in case it really is important. Thanks for the videos.
I think ur in the right track there eh! I've been doing a similar thing for a couple years renewing my barnyard flock but using broody hens to do the work for me have 1 sitting on eggs at the moment should see in 21 days how many hatch... i also agree about the Cornish crosses but i still run about 40 of them around the yard per season... i find even culling my roosters boiling them down to make soup are great... thanks for sharing
It ended at plucking before 16 weeks. Liked the video…great info.
Is there an updated video to see how this hatch, growth and harvest went? Would love to see more of this process. Researching to do it for our family this year 🎉🥰
I agree about hatch rate!!!!! I have the styrofoam ones, and have found that I have a better success when I “dry hatch”? I haven’t done that in a few years though.
How dry is a dry hatch? My incubator likes to fall to about 25 percent.
We felt the same way about the Cornish cross when we raised them. We went with Freedom Rangers and Kosher kings this year and we’re going to keep out some breeding stock for hatching out our own meat birds/dual purpose birds next year.
That sounds great. I'm not too familiar with those breeds. I love hatching our own own meat birds.
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@@VenisonforDinner well that’s weird, but I’m glad it finally popped up. This is our first time with the kosher kings and freedom rangers, but at 6 weeks old they’re growing and foraging well and we’re really happy with them. We have marked a couple we’d like to hold back as breeding stock, as long as they stay healthy and get to breeding/laying age.
Thank you for this video, I am working on setting up our meat chicken set up and want to raise our own.
Glad it was helpful!
I think your video cut off a bit quick there lol :D Iv done self hatched. They were delicious but feed costs were about the same as the cornish, but at 10 weeks we only got about 2lbs of meat per bird. Their flavor was superior to cornish in every way. But it was a little annoying to have to cook 2 birds for a meal for our family of 4. I think it all balances out really. You dont have the purchase cost, but you have to raise twice as many.
Next year we'll be hatching our own chicks. I wanted to get certain breeds in, so this is the last year we'll be buying chicks.
Awesome!
Having never raised Cornish crosses before but considering which chickens I'd like to use as meatbirds, I appreciate hearing your perspective. I wish the video had been longer at the end so I could hear more about why you don't prefer to raise Cornish crosses. I've never heard anyone in the chicken farming videos refer to them as demoralizing, but I will heed your warning. 😊👍
The hatchery that we can get Cornish Cross chicks from doesn't have a very strong strain. You can get chicks with deformed legs, they can have heart attacks from growing too fast, heart attacks from eating too much. Too many problems!
Did the video cut short? It was a very informative video but it seemed like it cut you off while you were still talking.
Sorry about that! I really botched the editing.
Just started my incubator last week, with duck eggs added chicken eggs this week. It's a cheap styrofoam one and I would love something better but it's what's affordable at present. I need to get myself a new rooster as mine both died.
The styrofoam ones work, just pay attention to the moisture/humidity. Around here, half the time you can't give your roosters away!
@@VenisonforDinner yes, here too, but my brother regularly picks up roosters and sends them to the stew pot. I'll just get him to keep a nice big one for me.
Thank you for sharing 👍🏻
My pleasure
Hi there sorry I'm a newbie. How do you handle the possibility of inbreeding. I've always wanted to do a closed flock but not sure how to go about the inbreeding thank you so much
No apologies necessary. We bought a new rooster. Easiest way to deal with the issue of inbreeding.
What I don't I understand is why incubators cost so much when there made so cheep I bet they cost about $1.00 to $2.00 to make them
How many hens and how many roosters in your flock? Do you have issues with roosters fighting? Do you have issues with rooster injuring hen during mounting? Do you trim or remove rooster spurs, and, if so, what method do you use?
We have about 45 hens and a few roosters. We don't have a problem with roosters fighting as there are enough hens to go around. We haven't ever removed the spurs.
Do you raise them in a box until they can be introduced to the big chickens?
Yes, they stay in our basement under a heat lamp until we can bring them outside. It will be at least four months before they can be introduced into the main flock.
Is this just for meat birds? Do you let broody hens sit to replenish a laying flock? Or would you do this same process for laying hens? And do you raise all extra roosters for meat?
….. that’s a lot of question hahaha
This is for meat and laying birds. We don't have any hens that go broody. The extra roosters go into meat.