@london1817 - It's more expensive to raise your own birds. There's no getting around it, unfortunately. However, if you compare the prices to organic farmed chicken, you get a bit closer. The difference is that you know exactly what went into that meat. There are no questions of tainted feed, etc. Good luck with your birds. It's not as hard as you might think, although the first few times you butcher, make sure to sleep the night before! :)
@RevAllyson Thanks for responding! Thats the thing I am tired of eating steroids! I was going to make a PVC pen like you got there but, you said its kinda flimsy?
Hey awesome work! I wanted to ask if you think after getting setup and all the equiptment
do you think its expensive to do the meat birds vs. just buying them at the store? I mean minus the work...I love that part! Thank you kindly! I just ordered 25 for the first time btw. lol
@trancer2412 It's not actually a highway, really. Just a small road with a big number. ;) However, the reason they're there is because we were on our first year of chickens at the new farm (we'd just moved) and hadn't gotten fully organized. This year, they're in a steel pen (the PVC one was not sturdy enough) and they're over by our garden rather than by the barn (about 2 city blocks apart from each other heh).
@trancer2412 This year we got 100 broilers, of which we currently have 82. We had a problem the first night, when it got really cold unexpectedly, and several were crushed. :( We have 200 more coming, in two more batches. I also have 9 laying hens that are mature, and one rooster (Rocky), as well as 13 baby hens that will turn into lovely big laying hens by Halloween, we hope. Right now they're just puff balls really, though.
@trancer2412 It depends. Last year we let them all get to about 5-9 lbs. This year we're going to slaughter some a bit earlier (about the 9 or 10 week range rather than 12) for parts. We'll let a handful get larger, hopefully 10+ lbs, for roasters. We'll do that with each batch, slaughter most at the 9-10 week point, then a few roasters later on. We don't sell the meat, although we could. We have traded, though, for corn, for beef, for cabbage, and other things we don't grow ourselves. :)
@london1817 - It's more expensive to raise your own birds. There's no getting around it, unfortunately. However, if you compare the prices to organic farmed chicken, you get a bit closer. The difference is that you know exactly what went into that meat. There are no questions of tainted feed, etc. Good luck with your birds. It's not as hard as you might think, although the first few times you butcher, make sure to sleep the night before! :)
RevAllyson 1 year ago
@RevAllyson Thanks for responding! Thats the thing I am tired of eating steroids! I was going to make a PVC pen like you got there but, you said its kinda flimsy?
What size pipe did you use? I wanted to use 3/4.
london1817 1 year ago
Hey awesome work! I wanted to ask if you think after getting setup and all the equiptment
do you think its expensive to do the meat birds vs. just buying them at the store? I mean minus the work...I love that part! Thank you kindly! I just ordered 25 for the first time btw. lol
london1817 1 year ago
Why are they so close to the highway?
trancer2412 1 year ago
@trancer2412 It's not actually a highway, really. Just a small road with a big number. ;) However, the reason they're there is because we were on our first year of chickens at the new farm (we'd just moved) and hadn't gotten fully organized. This year, they're in a steel pen (the PVC one was not sturdy enough) and they're over by our garden rather than by the barn (about 2 city blocks apart from each other heh).
RevAllyson 1 year ago
@RevAllyson What other poultry do you have?
trancer2412 1 year ago
@trancer2412 This year we got 100 broilers, of which we currently have 82. We had a problem the first night, when it got really cold unexpectedly, and several were crushed. :( We have 200 more coming, in two more batches. I also have 9 laying hens that are mature, and one rooster (Rocky), as well as 13 baby hens that will turn into lovely big laying hens by Halloween, we hope. Right now they're just puff balls really, though.
RevAllyson 1 year ago
@RevAllyson About how many lbs do they get before you slaughter them? Do you sell the meat?
trancer2412 1 year ago
@trancer2412 It depends. Last year we let them all get to about 5-9 lbs. This year we're going to slaughter some a bit earlier (about the 9 or 10 week range rather than 12) for parts. We'll let a handful get larger, hopefully 10+ lbs, for roasters. We'll do that with each batch, slaughter most at the 9-10 week point, then a few roasters later on. We don't sell the meat, although we could. We have traded, though, for corn, for beef, for cabbage, and other things we don't grow ourselves. :)
RevAllyson 1 year ago
yeah,i wondered that too.
samohtzoo 1 year ago
very creative lol
superwhiz88 2 years ago
awesome.maybe you could show a whole roasted chicken to see what they look like.
pinkstrawberrypuding 2 years ago