feeding philosphy for meat chickens

antlerss

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Does one keep feed in front of meat chickens 24-7 or do we pull feed at night to prevent overeating??. Is over eating a problem??
 
The most common type of meat chicken, the Cornish Cross, is an eating machine. It won't wander from the feed trough as long as there is food in it. They grow so rapidly that their legs don't develop properly and many come up lame. What lots of folks do is feed a 12 hours on/12 hours off regimen. This slows growth but not all that much, and seems to result in fewer leg issues.
 

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