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Email: [email protected] Phone: (814) 495-8057 or (814) 539-7026 Fax: (814) 495-8174 www.myerspoultry.com NPIP 23-524 2019 PRICE LIST Prices are subject to change without notice and do not include shipping and handling charges. We offer a variety of breeds to choose from while trying to keep prices reasonable. If a breed you’re interested in purchasing is not listed, call for availability and prices. HEAVY WHITE CORNISH CROSS BROILER S EX 1-10 11-24 25-49 50-99 100-299 300+ St. Run 2.35 2.05 1.71 1.52 1.31 call for Females 2.35 2.10 1.85 1.48 1.23 pricing Males 2.45 2.25 1.90 1.69 1.60 Coccidiosis Vaccine: .20 per chick only offering this option with the Heavy White Cornish Cross chicks when shipping by themselves. High Yield Broad Breasted Cornish Cross breed that makes great fryers (broilers) and roasters because of the weights that can be achieved. This breed has an excellent feed conversion, livability, strong legs, and a maximum white meat yield with a plump full confirmation. At 6 to 8 weeks of age processed weights of 4 ½ to 6 lbs. can be obtained. Higher weights can be obtained depending on the final grow out duration. With using a well-managed care and feeding program, customers have achieved processed weights of 10 to 14 lb. roasters and capons within 10 to 14 weeks. This breed Wrapped Heavy Cornish is also use for Cornish-Poussins (French for young chicken) 28 to 31 days will yield a Processed 5.25 lbs. 6-8 wks. processed 1 to 1 ¼ lb. bird; 32 to 38 days 1 ½ to 2 lb. bird ALTERNATIVE BROILERS Colored Meat Birds & Color Range Breeds Performance traits include increased foraging activity, a greater resistance to disease, livability, strong legs, and excellent feed conversion. All alternative breeds will have a longer breast bone, legs (drumstick), and wing span. They will also have a darker yellow fat compared to the pale yellow fat of the fast growing breeds. What these birds will not have is that double breast meat and fast growth rate. Not wrapped Colored Meat Bird Processed 4.50 lbs. 9-11 wks. Wrapped Color Range Breed Red Bro Processed 4.50 lbs. 9-11 wks. Page 1 ALTERNATIVE BROILERS Tuesday hatches shipped separately due to different hatching time and bio-security procedures in place for moving chicks from one facility to another. All alternative broilers grow at a moderate rate and have a longer breast bone then the commercial white Cornish. RED CORNISH Live weight 5.4 lbs. 9 wks. SLOW GROW WHITE This is a reddish colored bird with some A white bird with 10% red or brownish flecks. having barred feathering. This breed has a Being crossed with a commercial broiler more proportioned white to dark meat and slow grow broiler gives it a heavier yield. Slightly smaller than the Royal Red weight then other alternatives in this grouping. But still the commercial Cornish ROYAL RED Live weight 5.75 lbs. 9 wks. will give a higher meat yield. Males only (St Run available later in year) Live weights 5.95 lbs. 8 wks. Slightly larger breast than Red Cornish GRAY MIX/KOSHER KING ASSORTED hatchery choice Gray birds resembling Barred Rocks, Can consist of either Red, Gray, Multi some will have a mixed silver and red Striped/barred depending on which feathering layered on the gray breeds are sent with order. feathering. Yellow shanks. Live weight 5.4 - 5.75 lbs. 9 wks. Live weight 5.4 - 5.75 lbs. 9 wks. ALTERNATIVE BROILERS Slower Growing Meat Birds (single breasted) Red Cornish (per breed) SEX 15+ 25+ 50+ 100+ 300+ Royal Red (per breed males only) St Run 2.50 2.28 1.70 1.30 call Gray Mix/Kosher King (per breed) Males 2.30 2.15 1.55 1.20 Assorted Colored Broiler SEX 15+ 25+ 50+ 100+ 300+ 5.4 to 5.75 lbs 8-9 wks. St Run 2.40 2.18 1.60 1.20 call Males 2.20 2.05 1.15 1.10 Slow Grow White SEX 15+ 25+ 50+ 100+ 300+ 5.95 lbs. 8 wks. on 12.6 lbs. feed St Run 2.70 2.45 1.80 1.50 call COLOR RANGER BREEDS Tuesday hatches shipped separately due to different hatching time and bio-security procedures in place for moving chicks from one facility to another. RED BRO Color Range Breeds Slower Growing Meat Birds (single breasted) Red or tri-color * St Run & Males only SEX 15+ 25+ 50+ 100+ 300+ Red Bro St Run 2.58 2.28 1.75 1.25 call feathered birds 5-6 lbs. 9-11 weeks Males 2.30 2.15 1.55 1.15 that grow at a * A limited supply females SEX 15+ 25+ 50+ 100+ moderate rate. Live weights Red Bro M-14 St Run 2.58 2.28 1.70 1.12 Red Bro genetics Females 2.95 2.00 1.45 5 - 6 lbs. in 9 wks. 5-6 lbs. 9-11 weeks Males 2.30 2.15 1.50 1.12 Yellow shank, beak, & skin. Sexed: St Run-Female-Male SEX 15+ 25+ 50+ 100+ Red Forager St Run 2.25 1.70 1.25 *Available April/early May 2018 Females 2.95 2.05 1.45 5-6 lbs. 11-13 wks Males 2.15 2.00 1.15 GREY MIX Red Ranger SEX 15+ 25+ 50+ 100+ Grey barring with 5-6 lbs. 11-13 wks Males only 1.55 1.10 0.85 some tri-color * St Run & Males only SEX 15+ 25+ 50+ 100+ feathering no solid Gray Broiler Mix St Run 2.58 2.28 1.70 1.25 colors. Growth 5-6 lbs. 9-11 wks Females 2.95 2.00 1.45 rate same as Red Males 2.30 2.15 1.55 1.15 Bro birds. Sexed: St Run-Female-Male Price same as Gray Broiler Mix. Gray M-17 5-6 lbs. 9-11 wks * Breeding is like the Kosher King genetics. Red Ranger * Limited supply of females. SEX 15+ 25+ 50+ 100+ Male Special Hatchery mix St Run 2.50 2.25 1.70 1.25 Mix * hatchery choice. Females 2.95 2.00 1.45 Males 2.15 2.00 1.50 1.12 RED RANGER (different breeding) Two wks. Slower than the Red Bro. This red broiler cross is more of a heritage/heavy muscle body frame & long keel bone. Red feathered, yellow shanks & beak with a large red comb. Growth rate 11-13 wks. Page 2 POPULAR BREEDS * When ordering multiple breeds of layers, the price is PER BREED amount, not total amount ordered. Red Sex Links a hybrid brown egg layer with a calm disposition & high egg yields. Females are medium Popular Group 1 red. Males are white with coloring on wing, neck BROWN EGG LAYERS * comparable breeding. and tail feathers. Avg# males 5-6 lbs., Hens 4 lbs. Red Sex Link Golden Comet Golden Buff Amber Sexlink a production brown egg layer, Isa Brown Novo-Gen Red Bovan females have a white body with a few brown- SEX 1-5 6-14 15-24 25-49 50-74 75-99 100 300 reddish feathers. Slightly larger than a Red Sex link. St Run call Barred Rocks one of the oldest pure breed dual- 3.00 2.95 2.85 2.60 2.06 2.00 1.71 purpose breeds, dark gray with grayish white Females 3.70 3.60 3.45 3.05 2.75 2.72 2.45 feathering. Avg# males 7-7 ½ lbs., Hens 6 lbs. Males 2.28 2.20 2.05 1.80 1.53 1.50 1.15 * Large orders of White Leghorn, Red Sex Link, Novo-Gen, ISA Brown and Black Sex Link (Blk Star, Shaver Blk) a superb hybrid Red Bovan if ordered with a 6 weeks’ notice discounted prices. br. egg layer. Females are black with a slight goldish neck; males grey barred (like Barred Rocks) Popular Group 2 BROWN EGG LAYERS WHITE EGG LAYERS Rhode Island. Reds (RI Red) a superior egg laying Amber Link Black Sex Link dual-purpose breed, which is a deep red color. White Leghorn Barred Rock Rhode Island Red Avg# males 7 ½ Hens 6 ½ lbs. Production Red Black Australorp, Red Cross Black Australorp have a quiet temperament with a SEX 1-5 6-14 15-24 25-49 50-74 75-99 100 300 hardiness to hot and cold temperatures. Feathering St Run 3.05 3.00 2.85 2.60 2.06 2.00 1.73 call is a glossy black Avg# males 8 ½ lbs., Hens 6 lbs. Females 3.85 3.70 3.55 3.10 2.80 2.78 2.51 White Leghorn a production white egg layer, body Avg# males 5 lbs., Hens 4 lbs. Males 2.30 2.22 2.08 1.85 1.58 1.55 1.20 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FANCY LAYERS Easter Eggers Colored eggs in shades of Golden Laced Wyandotte a hardy docile olive green to a medium blue, also offered productive bird with a rose comb. Reddish in the bantams. gold feathers with black edging. Brown Leghorn excellent white egg layers, Avg# males 8 ½ lbs., hens 6 ½ lbs. feathers are multicolored shades of brown, New Hampshire a lighter buff-red color and larger which truly help protect them from predators than the R.I. Reds. A very pretty dual purpose breed if free ranging. used for meat and eggs.
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