First time meat king raiser .can i feed chick starter to butcher weight?

[klr2264]

Trying meatkings for the first time,here they are a couple days old.There now about 3 weeks old. I have them in a huge penned in area with some other chicks now. Can i feed them chick starter until butcher day?,we don't mind if they grow a bit slower . It would be a lot easier and the other chick can't stand to see them laying down, they constantly run through them and exercise them. will try to update our progress and pics.Lost one the first night.

 

[havery]

I fed a 20% starter/grower all the way through. We butchered our Cornishes yesterday at 10 weeks old and they gave us an average hanging weight of 6 lbs. They were all still walking and foraging just fine too! We had ours in a tractor with Red Rangers and I think the competition from the Rangers forced them to remain active even as they got larger and also helped keep their growth to a healthier rate.