sportsman94
Senior Member
Good morning folks, don’t know if there’s any interest, but I’ll put this up anyways. Just wanted to provide my cost analysis of raising our meat birds. Your prices and results may vary.
We ordered 20 Cornish cross chicks and received 21. These came from Hoover hatchery through the tractor supply website. 2 were lost in the brooder in first three weeks, and 1 died shortly after going into the chicken tractor. We had to kill one at 6 weeks that had leg issues. 17 birds made it to 7 weeks and a couple days. The biggest bird I weighed had about a 9.5 pound live weight. I have not weighed any carcasses.
Cost of chicks - $59.90
Bag of shavings for brooder - $6.00
Starter feed (50lb) - $16.00
Grower feed (200lb) - $77.72
Ice - $12.00
Total - $171.62 divided by 18 equals
$9.53 per bird that made it to a size worth eating
Hope this helps if anyone is looking to try to raise any meat birds
We ordered 20 Cornish cross chicks and received 21. These came from Hoover hatchery through the tractor supply website. 2 were lost in the brooder in first three weeks, and 1 died shortly after going into the chicken tractor. We had to kill one at 6 weeks that had leg issues. 17 birds made it to 7 weeks and a couple days. The biggest bird I weighed had about a 9.5 pound live weight. I have not weighed any carcasses.
Cost of chicks - $59.90
Bag of shavings for brooder - $6.00
Starter feed (50lb) - $16.00
Grower feed (200lb) - $77.72
Ice - $12.00
Total - $171.62 divided by 18 equals
$9.53 per bird that made it to a size worth eating
Hope this helps if anyone is looking to try to raise any meat birds