5 week-old chick piggies?

[Maeschak]

I have a batch of 25 DP (and a few hybrid) chicks that are almost 5 weeks old. I am looking for one replacement rooster and unfortunately now a few replacement hens due to serious predator action lately. The rest I will be eating but had intended to eat them all, but for the 1 replacement rooster.

My question is this: does anyone have a ballpark idea of how much 25 DP 5 week old chicks should be eating per day? They get/always have gotten 22% feed that I mix daily and soak in water overnight. They have been getting about 3 lbs per day (dry weight) since they were about 4 weeks old (although a lot had been scattered everywhere).
Now it looks like they definitely want more than 3 lbs a day. Could this be true? Its fine if it is, I just don't remember such young chicks eating this much- 28 of my adult hens only eat 7+ lbs of feed per day. Note* I may only notice the daily feed intake amounts bc I am mixing the feed daily- I used to always just mix a 5 gallon bucket of chick feed and ferment it... So I just dished out as needed and never knew how much they were eating on a daily basis.

Thanks for any info-

 

[Northern.Ontario]

I realize yours are dual purpose, but here is a chart for a Cornish cross. 25 Cornish cross at 5 weeks old should be eating 0.4 lbs each, or 10 lbs of food total per day. So your 3 lbs may be a little low. Perhaps the 25 of them need 5-7 lbs? I'm not sure.

 

[Maeschak]

View attachment 1434878 I realize yours are dual purpose, but here is a chart for a Cornish cross. 25 Cornish cross at 5 weeks old should be eating 0.4 lbs each, or 10 lbs of food total per day. So your 3 lbs may be a little low. Perhaps the 25 of them need 5-7 lbs? I'm not sure.

Holy smokes! Thanks so much!

 

[chickengeorgeto]

All dedicated meat birds are hybrids. Many dedicated meat birds have the potential of reaching about 9 POUNDS in only 8 weeks.

It may also be unlikely that a dedicated meat bird has the atheistic ability, stamina, and coordination to service a hen. This is why dedicated meat birds are Xs or hybrids, like Cornish Crosses etc. They are incapable to a large extent or reproducing themselves.

Here is an image of how much the average meat chicken has changed or benefited
(or not) over the last 60 or so years.

I wish to call your attention to the weights posted under each bird.