Exactly the same. Broiler feed 12hr on 12hr off. We had a few 90 + degree days and I noticed they didn't eat much on those days. They have shade and we tried some cooling measures but it only helped a little. Now it's cool again.
Not saying you did anything wrong—it’s just something I’ve kind of noticed over time. When broilers don’t gain like they should, it might trace back to something in the brooding stage. Maybe they got a little too hot or cold at some point, didn’t get quite enough protein early on, or had some kind of stress in the brooder. Hard to say for sure, but it seems like even small things early on can throw them off more than you'd expect.
Cornish X are not heat tolerant. I lived in an area of California where the summers were very hot. I would raise two batches of broilers each year. One batch I would order in the very early spring so they would be processed before the heat hit. The next batch I ordered in early fall so they would be here after the worst of the heat was gone and they would be processed before it got cold. You must really be doing something right because your chickens are just small and not dead. I mean that.
