raising chickens

[jrt 0]

Hi there,I have just been given a corner of a field to do what i wish with,I have always fancied rearing animals for meat and thought that chicken would probably be the easiest place to start.Just wondering if you could give me any advice on what chickens would be best for meat,what i should feed them to best fatten them up and how old i should get them ie hatch the eggs myself,get day old chicks or older birds,any advice at all will be much apreciated as I dont have much of a clue yet,just trying to find out all I can off the internet before i make the leep!

[driller killer 33]

Hi there,I have just been given a corner of a field to do what i wish with,I have always fancied rearing animals for meat and thought that chicken would probably be the easiest place to start.Just wondering if you could give me any advice on what chickens would be best for meat,what i should feed them to best fatten them up and how old i should get them ie hatch the eggs myself,get day old chicks or older birds,any advice at all will be much apreciated as I dont have much of a clue yet,just trying to find out all I can off the internet before i make the leep!

Hello, For meat you really want an indian game cross if ya breeding ya self Indian cock running with summat else, i had hybrids so id get the eggs). but you will get much quicker results if ya buy broilers in, eggs or day olds, either incubate/and/or keep them under a lamp till big enough or get some silkie (or hope ya other hens do)crosses and wait till they go broody and make sure you can get the eggs asap once the hen does goes broody, lot easier letting the chicken do all the work though.

Or if ya wanting lots of meat you can allways breed rabbits, most effective way of producing meat, new zealand whites or californians are the main meat rabbit, rex are allso popular for there fur,

Just make sure you protect from foxes and rats if ya got young.

For the chickens you can get growers and fatterners pellets. dont expect to save too much money compared to buying from tescos is all. its fun though.