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  1. RUNuts

    Approaching 50% loss, what am I doing wrong?

    I'm using chicken tractors also and do not like how the chickens behave. This year, I put 50 in a 5.5'x5.5' for a week and then separated them into 2 tractors. Even at 1 foot per bird and moving twice a day, the grass was covered in poo. At 3-4 weeks old, I opened the tractors into a fenced...
  2. RUNuts

    Approaching 50% loss, what am I doing wrong?

    Are you feeding 24/7 still? For CX, recommendations are limiting feed. How much protein in your feed? I also started losing birds at 5 weeks feeding high protein. The subsequent batches I used a starter feed at 18-20% protein and improved my survival rate. For the purple combs, that means...
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