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Post by MartyB on Mar 14, 2022 22:39:32 GMT
One of the guys I haul 32 to, said he paid $250 last year, pre paid a bunch at $600 last fall, and said it was $1000 + now.
That's nucking futs.
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Post by monstertom on Mar 15, 2022 23:58:04 GMT
How many weeks start to finish on your birds??
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Post by Nathan on Mar 16, 2022 2:46:30 GMT
7 weeks ,and realistically most of the cockerels should be killed sooner. 8 weeks can really make a huge bird but they start to loose their feed efficiency at that point and your death losses from heart attacks and stuff go way up if you go over 8 weeks. There is definitely a point of diminishing return. Plus when they get that big they don't move around as much, they are much messier, everything starts to go wrong with them.
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Post by Nathan on Mar 16, 2022 2:48:39 GMT
Urea today locally 1050 a ton
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Post by monstertom on Mar 16, 2022 3:11:31 GMT
7 weeks ,and realistically most of the cockerels should be killed sooner. 8 weeks can really make a huge bird but they start to loose their feed efficiency at that point and your death losses from heart attacks and stuff go way up if you go over 8 weeks. There is definitely a point of diminishing return. Plus when they get that big they don't move around as much, they are much messier, everything starts to go wrong with them. Awesome thanks
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Post by Nathan on Mar 16, 2022 3:19:52 GMT
No problem. If you're thinking about doing them , Ive had excellent luck with the birds from Welp hatchery . There's a smaller family outfit called schlect in Iowa that I'm going to give a shot this year too, because their prices seem great.
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Post by monstertom on Mar 17, 2022 23:14:17 GMT
I live about 20 minutes from Whiting Farms, They have 10-12 week birds that I have been happy with. Trying to possibly turn over 2-3 bunches. Meat bird market is good here.
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