MichaelZ13
In the Brooder
I fed chick starter for the first two weeks, feed available around the clock. Then at the start of the 3rd week I would pull feed 12 hours over night and started mixing in broiler grower at a 1:2 ratio, increasing to 50-50 at the end of the 3rd week, until the starter was gone. These birds will eat a lot of green matter, if it is available. I would bungee bundles of clover and grass to the side of the tractor and stuffing it in their feeder. They were a bit lazy - they would eat more of the green matter if I made it more easily available to them. I lost no birds, but only had 12. But this is the second run of 12 in a row with no losses, so I am 24 out of 24 for the last two batches.
