Is 50 too many?

[TruebornJACKAL]

I am on my 2nd year of raising birds. This is only effecting my Cornish Hens,my first year i only started out with a small number but this year i wanted to stock up my freezer so I bought 50 but it has only been 4 days and they are not looking so well. Some have bare sides no fluff or feathers. I dont know what to do about it. Should i put them in smaller groups of 10?

 

[crazychickenlady1997]

I am on my 2nd year of raising birds. This is only effecting my Cornish Hens,my first year i only started out with a small number but this year i wanted to stock up my freezer so I bought 50 but it has only been 4 days and they are not looking so well. Some have bare sides no fluff or feathers. I dont know what to do about it. Should i put them in smaller groups of 10?

Depends on the size of your space. The rule of thumb seems to be 4 sq feet per bird. If your space is much less I would separate and adjust accordingly The bare feathers might be from pecking but it could just be normal feather development. Good luck!!

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

What isthe size of the area they are in? How many feed, water and warming stations are there? Are they growing consistently or are you seeing disparities in development in the birds?

 

[TomGallopavo]

Fifty 4 day old chicks? How big is the brooder?

 

[TruebornJACKAL]

thanks for the input i figured it out with a lot of research we have an area of 4x8 2.5 ft tall we use four feeders from farm and home and one big water now i had little waters around but they were knocking them over and getting wet and that is why they looked bald i have been drying them off and trying to keep them from knocking them over so i ended up getting one large water and putting it up on a custom brick so they cant move it. I do have one runt in the flock thinking of removing her with a couple others to a smaller box so she has a better chance at getting food and water