Can non-meaters eat high protine food?

[L&Schickens]

I have my eggers in with my meaters now and they are 2 weeks old. I will be starting the meaters on high protein rations soon but don't want to separate all my chicks if I don't have to. How will the non-meat birds do on the high protein feed?

 

[miss_thenorth]

I'm thinkin' your needin' to separate them...

 

[fivebigreds]

To much protien will cause them to mature to young. The pullets could start to lay small eggs and they stay small for months.

 

[L&Schickens]

If all it does is cause small eggs, then I will not separate them. I don't have the cage space. I have 4 large cages (One is almost finished) and these chicks need to go out side. They can't go in with any of my adult birds because they will be killed. So I will put them out with a heat lamp as soon as we get the new one done.
Thanks for the help.
Also, should an adult meat bird go off of high protein if I decide to use it as a breeding bird and not eat it?

 

[coondog74017]

The chickens raised on high protien feed to gain a pound or so a week and dressed out at 6 weeks don't live long if you turn them out in the chicken pen all the ones that I did were dead with in a year.

 

[L&Schickens]

^^ Very interesting. I will have to figure something out for them I guess.
Thanks.