tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154155197978226302.post521460709391847092..comments2023-12-19T05:28:05.101-05:00Comments on 8 Muddy Boots: Our Broiler Babies- UpdateSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05220363100904875087noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154155197978226302.post-11504059268767658232010-10-29T20:59:37.197-04:002010-10-29T20:59:37.197-04:00I've got buthering chicks that will be ready i...I've got buthering chicks that will be ready in about four weeks. I wish I had gotten the broiler ones. I ordered leghorn roosters because they were such bargains. LOL I forgot I had them a long long time ago and they kill each other. They start picking at the pin feathers and draw blood and then they chase that one until they kill him. I've moved ones I seen blood on to another pen until they got better and then put them back but if I missed them I would find a dead chickie in the morning. Some had gotten out and my grandkids dog killed them. So out of 50 I now have 40. Not to good. I will have to watch better.Allahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01232546653792863966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154155197978226302.post-84620233883847965182010-10-29T16:51:43.410-04:002010-10-29T16:51:43.410-04:00Christine- I don't want this to seem like I h...Christine- I don't want this to seem like I haven't had a positive experience, because I have! Like anything on a farm, we have to expect that we will mess up, or animals just die. I have had a VERY positive experience with broilers and will continue to raise them!<br /><br />Freedom Rangers would be nice, but I will raise what I can as best as I can for now! <br /><br />Hopefully you will take the plunge someday! :)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05220363100904875087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154155197978226302.post-22304694823572914992010-10-29T15:20:17.707-04:002010-10-29T15:20:17.707-04:00I don't raise broilers because of this. I'...I don't raise broilers because of this. I've not heard many people say they've had a positive experience. If I could get hold of some Freedom Rangers I'd give it a shot though.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17995851593213427196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154155197978226302.post-90831216319177053092010-10-29T12:25:00.398-04:002010-10-29T12:25:00.398-04:00Melody, I was just reading in my book from Joel Sa...Melody, I was just reading in my book from Joel Salatin, and he mentions brewers yeast, He added some of that after his baby broilers started acting paralyzed and toes started to curl under... He said they snapped out of it then! Hmmmm....Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05220363100904875087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154155197978226302.post-58302238229669386282010-10-29T12:22:08.361-04:002010-10-29T12:22:08.361-04:00Toodie- I really think it was from the food. Whe...Toodie- I really think it was from the food. When I brought them in I strung the heat lamp WAY up, because they were just too hot. So I think they were getting adjusted to the outdoor temps (with heat lamp, of course), but I really think the food was the problem. It was some sort of deficiency because they weren't dying right away, they were loosing use of their legs still able to eat. So watch for that in young birds, loosing use of legs would mean they aren't getting some sort of nutrient that their body needs...Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05220363100904875087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154155197978226302.post-54353318040453178562010-10-29T11:22:28.339-04:002010-10-29T11:22:28.339-04:00We've raised broilers before and it is a diffe...We've raised broilers before and it is a different experience for sure! We started incubating our own eggs for our meat chickens...the problem is that now we have about 25 full grown chickens that follow us around everywhere! That's added to our regular laying hens. Broilers in the basement isn't looking too bad at the moment! <br /><br />Sorry about the loss of some of your chicks...I dislike that part of farming too.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05741321309330513890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154155197978226302.post-60257769336501929122010-10-29T11:10:55.413-04:002010-10-29T11:10:55.413-04:00Sorry to hear the loss of chicks. What do you thin...Sorry to hear the loss of chicks. What do you think caused this? The food or cold? I remember there was a problem with diseases in the 1980's from bone meal from the way it was made. Hmm. I have 9 day old Orpingtons and it is an experience. Hope things get better for you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08888669064467961669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154155197978226302.post-48286789958073011082010-10-29T09:52:40.874-04:002010-10-29T09:52:40.874-04:00Thanks for posting this. We plan to get broiler c...Thanks for posting this. We plan to get broiler chicks and the spring and like you was planning to mix our own feed. I had no idea that bone and fish meal couldn't be bought as individual items...weird. I'm in Indiana too so I suspect I'll run into the same if I try. Thanks for posting this, I'll keep that in mind as we go forward :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16282687575560054690noreply@blogger.com