tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post2750938017968311806..comments2023-12-15T02:04:08.213-08:00Comments on meat: how many acres to feed yourself?Bruce Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10995706761794063165noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-30029525496433497832015-03-07T05:17:25.784-08:002015-03-07T05:17:25.784-08:00Modern chickens are great at feed conversion. Howe...Modern chickens are great at feed conversion. However, I'd be interested to see the results of a heritage bird. If you raised human food crops, letting the chickens forage, you can significantly drop the feed requirements. A chicken tractor with 2 dozen birds through a good forage planted under fruit trees and berries would totally change the equation. You could probably do 2 batches of 2 dozen birds or do staggered batches so that harvest is only a couple birds and the rest of your meat is "on the hoof."Bill Gauchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01287284061932329662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-79131499208700222212015-03-07T03:23:16.617-08:002015-03-07T03:23:16.617-08:00Or just go to the neighbors farm and buy bushels o...Or just go to the neighbors farm and buy bushels of wheat, corn, soy, direct and skip all that headache ;)Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16948064168681062105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-1994816792504590162015-03-05T17:40:30.723-08:002015-03-05T17:40:30.723-08:00I think I could do better than 60 chickens per acr...I think I could do better than 60 chickens per acre with corn and soy. <br /><br />I don't grow corn, but my neighbor does. He gets between 140 and 150 bushels to the acre. Soybeans around here yield a little less than 40 bushels/acre, but the soy component of the ration is much smaller than the corn - not 50:50 by any means.<br /><br />A local guy over the hill who has a dairy farm gets more like 200 bushels/acre on his corn (he has cow manure to add to his fertility).EBrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894676347259218501noreply@blogger.com