This ISN'T Getting Better...
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2023
- We ordered a batch of Cornish cross a little over a month ago and now we are down to half of what we had! I've never lost so many birds so quickly. Thankfully our friends at Hoover Hatchery sent us out some more and so far they are doing great! We also have a batch of Red Ranger meat birds coming next week!
The death has now stopped with our sick group of Cornish cross chickens. *knock on wood*. We have not lost one bird in our replacement group of Cornish cross and our Red Ranger birds are doing great!
Good to hear. These things test you and you learn whether it's your fault or not. Now you can spot sick chick's better, for instance.
They also need magnesium. When they look sick it is a magnesium deficiency. You soak them in epsom salt water for a couple of minutes. Large chickens 5 minutes.
Get mad if you want, that breeder is way too small for 60 chickens . I wouldn’t put more than 30. A small pain like that though dog pile on top of each other, and the bottom ones get smothered or overheat.
Glad Hoover made it right and helped you out! There will always be successes and "failures" in life and I believe it is good to always show both. Everyone seems to think this life is easy but being transparent and showing that everyone has hiccups is a good thing! Keep up the good work!!
That is not enough vinegar for that amount of water. I would have cleaned that brooder out better if they had COCCIDIOSIS it’s very contagious.
Way to go Hoover Hatchery! Love when businesses stand behind their products.
Me too! They are great!
We had the same problem with Hoovers.
Man I am so sorry, the kids and I was raisng those for a while, now we did a complete change over to the American Bresse, the meat is awesome and fast egg layers, fast growers, good luck
We’ve looked into them as well! I think what turned me off to the idea was having to caponize them
The cornish cross is a hybrid chicken. They grow so incredibly fast that there are many issues with them. Personally have always raised Red Rangers for this reason. Out of 100 last year only lost 5. I think you''ll be happy and less stressed with the Ranger.. Also have been very happy with the end product.
Great to know! We look forward to our red rangers!
Chicks are so cute hopefully they will all grow fast. Blessings from Mississippi
Very Good Video about the chicks. I'm sorry you're losing so many of the first order of chicks.🐤 Better luck with the next order of Cornish and Red Ranger birds. The mobile coop is cool and probably much better for the chicks🐤 Homesteading is hard work but it can also be a little fun. 👍
Fingers crossed!
With the size difference, piling at night might suffocate smaller to keep warm. But I think you do a great job with the welfare of your animals very high..
Great point!
Hoping that with the New batch of chicks you have a much better survival rate. It's good also speaking in minor detail about the economics and some of the initial up front cost when farming/Homesteading. Take care until the next video
New batch is doing great! No losses yet 🤞
Thanks for sharing. Sorry that this batch was such high loss rate. Hopefully the new batch as well as the upcoming red rangers don't have this issue. Here where I live in Ontarion Canada even a reg chicken that's not organic we're paying about $13-15 for one full chicken. I'd much rather raise my own if I could but unfortunately I can't due to my circumstances but love watching your videos and seeing others who can do it be successful at homesteading and seeing the animals cared for so well as they grow
Wow that’s expensive! Some areas just don’t have much agriculture
@@ThePasturedHomestead sadly I live in an area where majority is farming but it's still that expensive here. Our cost of living is crazy high here with gas being j$6/US gal right now.
I think in my opinion I will feed them 18 to 20% baby chicks starter feed the Medicaid kind least for the first few weeks it keeps them from getting diseases I did mine like that never had a problem with any dying I hope this helps. God bless and keep the good work
So sorry about losing the chicks. ❤
Sad but it's still interesting and ur working on it
Why didn’t you just empty out the old wood chips before putting new stuff in!??
Deep layer bedding
Hoover Hatchery colab! I can see it!
Really nice coop
Good luck with your next batch of chicks. Wish you knew exactly what was going on. Very frustrating I know.. Excellent video.
Hi Zach, sorry to hear that you lost so many chicks but at least Hoover Hatchery sent you replacements and then some. Can tell they are a good company to stand behind their chick's health. Just a thought that the waterer in the Chicken Tractor may be a little too high for those smaller chicks to reach the nibs. It looks high on the video, but maybe not.
It’s at just the right height for them to grab a drink. If we put it too low they walk in it and push wood shavings in
So much info you put out . Very interesting. I’m siooo jealous 😂
We lost 26 out of 50. Worst loss we have ever experienced. Plus the ones that survived never grew bigger than 3 pounds (we butchered them at 11 weeks) and most of them had horrible neurological problems. Never ordering Cornish crosses again, we thought we should try it but nope we are sticking to our freedom rangers from now on.
I’m hoping our freedom rangers do well! Our replacement batch of Cornish have done amazing. No losses 🤞
You can sanitize the brooder on the sun.
I raised McMurray’s red ranger version last year. Great birds, averaged at 7.5 lbs dressed at 12 weeks….had to get the bigger chicken bags!!! Make room in your freezer…..😊
That’s awesome! Let’s hope I get the same results 😃
No. Don't leave possibly contaminated wood chips under clean. All is now contaminated. Chicks dig.
Can you create a video that goes into depth and explains the financial aspect of how you guys got started. As i mentioned before me and my wife woud like to start a homestead but we're worried about the economics of it all. Did you guys take a leap of faith? How did it all come to be?
Sorry to see the deaths. Hey try rounding out the corners in your young chick brooder so they cant all pile up in a corner . Also maybe just maybe its something in your feed. Maybe start them on medicated chick starter for the first bag. Just a suggestion, Zack.
Maybe your Red Rangers will be stronger
I don’t think it was the feed because our replacement chicks are doing great on it! I think there was some sickness going around!
Nice video
Are you feeding them medicated chick starter? I didn't and the only one I lost one. I don't do unnecessary medicine for any animal. You might want to have a heat lamp for the smallest ones of the bunch. Mine are buff orphingtons. Good eat and egg production as well.
No we arent feeding a medicated feed
It's been a rough year for meat chicks all around. We lost 30 out of 100. A friend of mine is down to 40 out of the 105 she ordered. I'm hearing of a lot of people that this is happening to.
Interesting! Where did you order your chicks from?
@@ThePasturedHomestead Both of us ordered from Meyer. I know of a couple others that ordered from McMurray and had the same issues.
I’m having this issue too. Mine are also about 5 weeks old and still the same size as my layers of the same age.
@@courtneyhake9565 what are you feeding them?
I thought you were feeding the same thing too both the meat birds and your egg layers? Are you feeding differently now?
Feeding same diet, just grinding it smaller
Get a fishnet makes catching them easier
Hahh I was just saying I need to get the net out from the shop!
Thanks for the heart
Hopefully you don't lose anymore chicks. Coccidiosis is pronounced "cock sid e o sis". When a hen raises chicks they grow so much faster than when you raise them in a brooder. Outside eating grass and bugs and digging in the dirt seems to be better. That's a neat grain mill!
I’m hoping one of our chickens gets broody and raises her own!
Losses are part of farming fr.
Yes they are.
What is the ratio you do to get 30% I’ve done multiple batches of chicken and i want to try this method.
Very good content, I didn't see any chick grit though.
At 4 weeks my cornish usually look almost ready to go. This is weird!
i think you need to get a new provider
Well our replacement batch from Hoover Hatcher have been great! Haven’t lost a single one. I’ve used them for years now with no issue! We got the red rangers from another hatchery though!
I have 2 questions.
Is that brooder for 60 chicks?
Are you 100% positive those are male?
It seems like such a small brooder for 60 chicks. 30 at best.
We never had a problem with our chicks. We provided a heater as well. Just my experience. We like your channel
It was a pretty big brooder! But we lost chicks right off the bat, so not sure if size of brooder was the issue. We were very happy with our red rangers, we will keep raising those over CC
We never had a problem with our Cornish cross. Predator issues but not issues within the initial brooder. It may be a good idea to make another brooder for room. These birds obviously grow quick. We sure do enjoy having our own chicken meat. We also ordered some IPPs. They’re great as well as Kunekune.
@@Staygoldfarms yes, we did build a larger brooder for our future chicks!
Chicks
Are you nervous about eating chicken that maybe sick or does cooking the bird kill any bacteria?
Well all of our sick ones did not make it. We have now butchered all of our chickens for the year! All of them looked very healthy till they were butched!
That is the worst looking batch of 4 week old Cornish I've ever seen. My Freedom Rangers were twice the size of those things at 4 weeks; 1.5 lbs (F) to 2 lbs (M), across the straight run. @6 weeks they are 2.8-4 lbs. Something seriously wrong with that batch - 50% loss is catastrophic, even for Cornish X. My last dealing (and I mean last) with hoover was for some Buff Orpington and they were the smallest I've ever seen; we are talking 6lb roosters @ 18-20 weeks. I have one female left who is 6lbs; I sold or ate the rest - she was the only decent one of the 10.
Hmmm this is very interesting. We may re-evaluate our source for next year. The red rangers we got are from mcmurray hatchers so it’ll be interesting to see the difference. Hoover ended up refunding me for the rest of the chicks.
@@ThePasturedHomestead I have Big Red Broilers coming from MM in July as well. I got 5 and 5 so I can do some cross with some of the FRs and some of my better Buff Os. I'm trying to create a decent dual purpose bird... The Orpington has fallen away from that role in the US badly, and Hoover sure isn't helping with their 'breed anything' policy. Hoover and other volume commercial hatcheries like it supply TSC and I've found all my birds from them to be very under sized. Good luck with the Rangers and I'm glad Hoover made good on those chicks. Sorry you had to go through all that.
You should see my batch of almost 5 week old jumbo Cornish. Their body and legs are the same size as my layers of the same size. They are the most pathetic jumbo cornish I have ever seen!
What happened to your intro? Hope things go better for you two.
Thank you! I like to mix things up sometimes!