All the above makes sense, especially the temp issue. Next time im going to put a full cover over the area the birds are in to keep the heat in.
The splay leg is good info that we were not aware of.
My neighbor thinks they died due to a dirty coop. Id have to get pictures of the conditions...
They are 3 weeks old today from Moyers. We are targeting a life span of 8 weeks. We are raising for meat. They seem to be eating well. Dumor starter from TSC. I can check my spreadsheet at work but I think we are at 300lbs of feed so far.
Of the last 4, I would say 2 were due to the temps...
My neighbor and I are new to raising chickens. We ordered 50 straight run male birds 3 weeks ago. We have had them in a coop, overall size 12 x12 but with the birds sectioned off to an area 7x12. We made it 4-5 days without loosing one and thought we were in the clear.
Since then we seem to...
