Raising Meat Birds 101: What Breed to Choose? Where to Begin?

Curious about raising meat birds? Here is detailed info on the first few steps of the process 🐔🐔🐔

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Some quick facts that are in the video!
Cornish Cross Birds
7-10 week old maturity
9-12 lbs body weight
8-10lbs meat

Big Red Broilers
12 week maturity
7- 10 lbs body weight
3- 8 lbs meat

Heritage Breeds
20-24 week maturity
5-8 lbs body weight
40% of body weight is meat

We get our chicks from ‪@thechickhatchery9594‬ and have had great success. So far we have not lost any of our chicks and always receive very healthy birds at a great price.


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