I was on the Murray McMurray website and it said broilers were "Not recommended for raising at altitudes above 5,000 feet".
Anyone have any idea why??
Anyone have any idea why??
Broilers over 5000ft.
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Because the air is thinner, and they get so heavy so quick, that they can't breathe?
My husband would be on oxygen 24/7 at your elevation.
(broilers on oxygen tanks ha ha)
My husband would be on oxygen 24/7 at your elevation.
(broilers on oxygen tanks ha ha)
Camped once in the Sangre de Cristo mountain range at Philmont. We were at around 10,000 feet, and the flies took off so slowly you could catch them in your hand due to lack of air. I was moving slow too
The last place we lived in Colorado was at 8,100 feet elevation, cooking was a challenge when we first moved there due to water boiling at so much lower temps, baking things in the oven were also very different, so it only figures that boilers are just not going to be running as efficiently as they would at lower elevations. It actually took me about a year to get used to the higher elevations, but when I did, I really liked hiking, hunting and fishing at elevations up to and sometimes over 13,000 feet.
I'm not that high! Only 7465ft.
Bread has been a challenge. I bought a book called Baking at High Altitudes and finally got it right. They have the recipe with the adjustments needed for the different elevations listed right in the recipes.
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High enough! I'd get them anyway. Rangers could handle it.
I've already ordered them. I didn't see that at any of the other hatcheries I checked. 50 peeps for the end of the month.
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Come get some more hens! I need to get rid of some!
My neighbors want some but they haven't started a coop yet. They are working on their greenhouse first.
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Chickens like greenhouses!
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Yep. They do. And I'm trying to convince the son to stop planting the greens all over because I need to paint that room. He's in moving denial. He came in with his mask on today, and planted 2 more flats. In the house. Not the greenhouse.
Darn... I need a half dozen hens... Just the gas money for a 3000 mile drive would make them the most expensive chickens ever! Heck, I could camp out at the Colonel's place for a month on that kind of money...
Just the gas money for a 3000 mile drive would make them the most expensive chickens ever! Heck, I could camp out at the Colonel's place for a month on that kind of money...
