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Good morning!
I'm new...so hello to all...
We have past (successful) experience raising flocks of 30-40 meatbirds but right now I'm brooding (for 4 weeks) a flock of 200 for someone else. This individual wants to use organic, non-medicated feed and my experience has been with the "regular" feed.
In the past we've usually lost 1, maybe 2, birds out of 30-40 in the first week or so, however out of my current flock of 200 I just lost my 10th bird in the first 6 days of life. I was "OK" with losing 6-7, figuring that was akin to my previous experience, but now the numbers are creeping up.
The last 5 dead birds have been found on their stomachs, with legs extended completely behind them. An hour ago I found a *live* bird in a similar position...legs fully extended and immobile. The chicken can move his head about.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Laura
I'm new...so hello to all...

We have past (successful) experience raising flocks of 30-40 meatbirds but right now I'm brooding (for 4 weeks) a flock of 200 for someone else. This individual wants to use organic, non-medicated feed and my experience has been with the "regular" feed.
In the past we've usually lost 1, maybe 2, birds out of 30-40 in the first week or so, however out of my current flock of 200 I just lost my 10th bird in the first 6 days of life. I was "OK" with losing 6-7, figuring that was akin to my previous experience, but now the numbers are creeping up.
The last 5 dead birds have been found on their stomachs, with legs extended completely behind them. An hour ago I found a *live* bird in a similar position...legs fully extended and immobile. The chicken can move his head about.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Laura