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It's common practice with Cornish X (meat birds) who can develop health problems from over eating.
In laying and dual purpose flocks some people who free-range will let feeders sit empty to encourage the birds to forage, I've never seen a big need to do so, personally, they forage well even with full feeders available, ime.
Others, even when the birds are penned, choose to limit feed. In those cases I'm not sure what their reasoning is. IMO limit feeding has no place in a penned setup.
It's common practice with Cornish X (meat birds) who can develop health problems from over eating.
In laying and dual purpose flocks some people who free-range will let feeders sit empty to encourage the birds to forage, I've never seen a big need to do so, personally, they forage well even with full feeders available, ime.
Others, even when the birds are penned, choose to limit feed. In those cases I'm not sure what their reasoning is. IMO limit feeding has no place in a penned setup.
