tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695560142942194798.post3330640850700873508..comments2024-03-09T14:21:37.272+00:00Comments on Deefer Dawg: Stirring it Up.... Early Matt Carehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02221912203941489737noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695560142942194798.post-19733207559066863732016-11-16T18:57:37.541+00:002016-11-16T18:57:37.541+00:00Ours were fed the same as previous batches/years w...Ours were fed the same as previous batches/years which is a start on standard "commercial" chick crumb (Red Mills, I think) and then growers, and then after about 8 weeks moved onto our just normal bulk ration which everybody else here gets - 1/3 flaked barley, 1/3 whole wheat and 1/3 layers. Again these are 'normal' commercial pellets, with all the GM and non-organic soya meal etc we know you guys avoid. <br /><br />The main difference from last year would be the penning of them away from the yard in an area they quickly turned into a brown desert and therefore came to rely 100% on me turning up with breakfast, lunch and supper. This probably explains the slightly lighter birds Iand certainly the shameful dirtiness of them.<br /><br />We have just killed 2 more today - a roo who came out at 2.6 kg and a hen at 1,7 kg oven-ready. Matt Carehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221912203941489737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695560142942194798.post-66536650792705410612016-11-16T14:11:34.686+00:002016-11-16T14:11:34.686+00:00How strange with the weights of your birds, that i...How strange with the weights of your birds, that is the weights that you would expect from Hubbards, How did you feed your birds and did you alter the way that you raised them in any way? We raised ours exactly the same way as we have before with exactly the same feed. As chicks yours came out of the same box as ours. I'm certain that they are not Hubbards but Cobbs or Ross. Ours were fed on organic chick crumb until six weeks then onto organic growers till point of dispatch at 84 days bang on.Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com