2 week old broiler chicks with bare skin

[kakayona]

they turn 2 weeks this Thursday and have a lot of wing feathers but their rumps are almost all skin with little fur left. it seems like they grew real fast at first but now stunted. also found one dead today. concerned a bit. any thoughts?

 

[Alaskan]

If I remember correctly, after two weeks of age you feed them as much as they want for only 12 hours in every 24. So, 12 hours of feed, then twelve hours without.

But, do make sure that they always have lots of clean water.

Broiler chickens are ODD, and because they grow so fast, do tend to have bare spots and the way their feathers grow in is simply strange (compared to a standard chicken).


Have you had any more deaths since you posted this?