Thank you. The information I am sharing is based on the help of other growers, our network of friends in the agriculture community, looking at the contents of the different feeds, and learning through the trial and error of our own practices.
I usually do not place my chicks outside until...
I raise anywhere between 50 and 100 Cornish or Rangers at a time, a few times throughout the year.
In your case, it is not unusual to purchase day old chicks from such places and lose one or two. They may have an isolated illness before you even get your hands on them or they somehow...