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We are 5 weeks in now, and we have 15 of our 20 Cornish X birds still alive. Birds died at 2 days, 6 days, 3 weeks, 4 weeks, and 5 weeks. It has been rainy and in the high 80's the past 2 weeks, but they prefer to stay outside instead of go into the coop. Their run is in the shade with a...

Thank you for your reply. I have been giving them free access to chick feed and water 24 hours a day. They have a brooder lamp on 24 hours a day as well. Am I pushing them too hard? Should I remove their chick feed at night?

This is our first flock of 20 Cornish X meat chicks. Two days after we received them one died. Six days later another died. The others look healthy, eating/drinking well, temp in coop is 80 degrees with good ventilation. Just wondering about the average mortality rate of meat chicks.