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Photo: Scott Phillips. Save to Recipe Box. Shopping for chicken at the grocery store isn't difficult, but there are a lot of confusing words thrown around on the packaging. This guide from America's Test Kitchen sorts them out. Most of us head to the grocery store and pick up the chicken we need without paying too much attention to the label—we pay more attention to price and size.
However, it's important to know when you're spending more for things that may not matter, like marketing phrases like "Natural" or "All Natural" that don't have a defined meaning. On the other hand, it may be worthwhile to look for things like "Air Chilled," which as ATK explains:. When switching to a new type of feeder or waterer, leave the old ones in the pen for a few days to allow the chicks to adjust to the new feeder or waterer.
Chicks also need access to fresh, clean water at all times. Since chickens do not eat as much if they cannot drink, it is important to have adequate waterer space.
The waterers need to be cleaned and filled daily with fresh water. As with the feeders, the height of the waterers needs to be raised as the chicks grow.
Commercial feeds are available that provide the required nutrients for growing chickens. Typically a high protein diet is fed for the first two weeks and then feeds with less protein are fed thereafter. Check with your feed dealers to see what types of feeds they have available for purchase. Meat birds grown on chick starter and developer feeds with lower protein and energy content will not gain weight as rapidly as those on a broiler feeding program.
When switching from one type of a diet to another, it is a good practice to mix the two feeds for a few days to provide a slow transition from one feed to the other. Broilers typically consume 2 lb. Broiler chicks grow very fast, sometimes faster than their feathers. This is normal and not cause for concern. It is possible to purchase chicken feed containing a coccidiostat as a means of controlling coccidiosis.
If you keep your housing clean, you should not require this preventive measure. If you do need to use a coccidiostat, it must be removed from the feed several days prior to butchering the withdrawal time should appear on the feed label.
Feather pecking and cannibalism can occur within a flock and are caused by overcrowding, improper ventilation air movement , improper nutrition, and insufficient feeder or waterer space. If cannibalism cannot be controlled with proper management of these factors, the beaks of the broilers can be trimmed at any age. Beak trimming involves removing a portion of the upper mandible beak with a hot blade.
Poor air movement in small poultry houses during hot, humid weather can result in excessive broiler mortality, especially when the broilers are approaching market weight. Placing fans in the house to blow air past the chickens can greatly reduce mortality from this problem. During the growing period, check the broilers for external parasites such as mites, lice, and ticks.
If you encounter a problem, a commercial dust is available that can be applied directly to the chicks. Providing the chicks with an area to dust bathe will also help to control external parasites. Protect your family from bird-transmitted disease by following these guidelines. Raising broilers. Tom Danko, University of New Hampshire. Home production of broiler chickens. William Owings, Iowa State University. Break-even analysis of small-scale production of pasture organic poultry. University of Idaho.
The broiler project. Raising broilers and turkeys for competition.
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