joyce
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Post by joyce on Feb 22, 2010 14:09:24 GMT 8
Hi,
I'm looking to buy some meat chick to raise free range myself and am having trouble finding a WA/Perth supplier?
anyone got any ideas?
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Post by didgieridge on Feb 22, 2010 15:56:36 GMT 8
Hi Joyce, Welcome to WAP. There is an ad occasionally in the Quokka, Inghams Meat Chicks...hang on I'll go see if I can find it.... I'm back, "Alfred's Chickens" 98838210 or 0407 611 797. A friend of ours in Boyup Brook gets them, every now and then. He delivers them to your door. Boy they grow so fast, supposed to kill them at 8-10 weeks. and they are HUGE at that age. Poor things can hardly walk because their legs aren't strong enough to carry their weight. Yummy tho' Lol. You have to have a good set up for them, like a brooder, then a bigger brooder, then a crate or something then free range them. A lot of work, feed them 3 times a day, cos all they do is eat...anyway good luck with it... Merrilyn
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Post by ashley on Feb 22, 2010 18:32:26 GMT 8
Hi Joyce Rather than the (freakish, unnatural, engineered) fast growing breeds that commercial farmers use many backyard chook keepers raise slower growing breeds like Orpingtons Australorps or Sussex. Then use the Roosters for Meat and either keep the hens for eggs or sell them for a little bit of feed money. These breeds grow at a more natural rate and don't suffer from debilitating and painful deformations that commercial meat birds can.... You just have to be more patient for your roast dinner. The cheapest way to get these breed would be to buy eggs and incubate them... or if you wanted to get really serious you could keep a breeding pen to supply hatching eggs as well as your brooder and raising pen to grow on the chicks. What ever you decide to get, good luck with the project, it's something I have thought about doing many times but not actually orgainsed myself for, nor really had the space for. I've got a huge amount of respect for people who take responsibility for their meat like that, knowing you've raised it yourself and given it better life and death than any commercially raised meat must be an immensly rewarding. ... I've gone off on a tangent again...if often happens when I get excited about things.. I meant to say try Clucky Hen Hatchery, www.cluckyhen.com.au/ I saw them advertising excess male chicks for meat awhile ago.
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Post by shea on Feb 22, 2010 20:56:49 GMT 8
I've got some little boys that would be good for meat. If I can't sell them we will end up eating them. Australorp x light sussex.
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Post by quambie on Feb 27, 2010 19:44:41 GMT 8
Yep I have to agree if you want a great tasting bird Grow your own takes longer but you will not regret it trev
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