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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Bramham Wiltshire Horns on April 19, 2016, 12:00:51 pm

Title: cockerels for the table
Post by: Bramham Wiltshire Horns on April 19, 2016, 12:00:51 pm

i have half a dozen hybrid and pure cockerels that i would like to fatten for the table
they are 6 weeks old and coming off chick crumb what grains or feed should i look to feed them on

many thanks

Title: Re: cockerels for the table
Post by: Hevxxx99 on April 19, 2016, 03:21:25 pm

You can get growers pellets and then finisher pellets as the easy option.  I finished my Hubbards on barley and broken maize with a little veg oil mixed in.