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Has anyone ordered multple batches from the same hatchery to have the chicks be different from each other? Our first batch of CRx were lazy, high mortality rate early on ( lost a total of 9 out of 50), had no interest in foraging in the tractor and noticed that some had other feather colors besides white ( one roo had a lot of golden feathers. Some had gray/ black ones too).
Batch #2 and 3 are way different. Same hatchery. the chicks are vibrant, 1 death out of 50, act more chicken like (scratch, forage, loves lettuce, bugs and wild blueberries) and actually are pleasant to watch acting as chickens even though #2 are a few days away from processing. Batch #3 is 2 weeks old and seem to be behaving like the older group.
Ideas to why? Do you know if the hatchery keeps good enough records that we could request similiar batches for now on?
thanks
Batch #2 and 3 are way different. Same hatchery. the chicks are vibrant, 1 death out of 50, act more chicken like (scratch, forage, loves lettuce, bugs and wild blueberries) and actually are pleasant to watch acting as chickens even though #2 are a few days away from processing. Batch #3 is 2 weeks old and seem to be behaving like the older group.
Ideas to why? Do you know if the hatchery keeps good enough records that we could request similiar batches for now on?
thanks