Nekatlla
Songster
- Mar 7, 2017
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Hello
I was recently shipped by accident a 52 chick batch of cornish x broilers this was from a local hatchery that I had contacted earlier in July that wasn't going to have availability until September 1st. My question is with this being my second batch of cornish x they seem to have way more issues after 3 weeks than the first batch did. For example they seem to be alot with the splayed legs. I've lost 4 birds so far with 2 being yesterday and 1 today(so far), there are probably 3 more with splayed legs that cant get around well anymore and I expect those to die eventually also. The last batch that came from one of the large hatcheries had a couple die in the first days and a couple when moved to pasture. Not a single case of splayed legs. Is this a breeding problem? Or was I just very lucky with the first batch?
1st batch 59 chicks on arrival on 8/7
1 lost when moved to pasture first night 8/28
2 lost 3 days later 9/1
1 lost to my friends little girl (love him and call him George) 9/14
2nd batch 52 chicks 8/31
lost 1 9/11 not walking well
lost 1 9/17 didn't look well not moving around
lost 2 9/18 not moving well/ not sure on the other it was the only one so far to die during the day.
lost 1 9/19 wasn't moving well night before.
They are supposed to move to pasture tomorrow but i may keep them in the brooder a bit longer. Let them get a bit stronger. To me it seems the second batch is a bit weaker, could be the hatchery breeding, we had gotten our first batch of freedom rangers/ red rangers from them and half the birds took 18 weeks to get to 4 lb carcass. I'm thinking they just aren't at the level of the name brand hatcheries.
Any thoughts would be appreciated, also has anybody else seen this from local hatcheries? Also can anyone see anything I could be doing that can cause the chicks to get splayed legs? I've used the same bedding for both batches and can't see any reason for it.
Thanks
I was recently shipped by accident a 52 chick batch of cornish x broilers this was from a local hatchery that I had contacted earlier in July that wasn't going to have availability until September 1st. My question is with this being my second batch of cornish x they seem to have way more issues after 3 weeks than the first batch did. For example they seem to be alot with the splayed legs. I've lost 4 birds so far with 2 being yesterday and 1 today(so far), there are probably 3 more with splayed legs that cant get around well anymore and I expect those to die eventually also. The last batch that came from one of the large hatcheries had a couple die in the first days and a couple when moved to pasture. Not a single case of splayed legs. Is this a breeding problem? Or was I just very lucky with the first batch?
1st batch 59 chicks on arrival on 8/7
1 lost when moved to pasture first night 8/28
2 lost 3 days later 9/1
1 lost to my friends little girl (love him and call him George) 9/14
2nd batch 52 chicks 8/31
lost 1 9/11 not walking well
lost 1 9/17 didn't look well not moving around
lost 2 9/18 not moving well/ not sure on the other it was the only one so far to die during the day.
lost 1 9/19 wasn't moving well night before.
They are supposed to move to pasture tomorrow but i may keep them in the brooder a bit longer. Let them get a bit stronger. To me it seems the second batch is a bit weaker, could be the hatchery breeding, we had gotten our first batch of freedom rangers/ red rangers from them and half the birds took 18 weeks to get to 4 lb carcass. I'm thinking they just aren't at the level of the name brand hatcheries.
Any thoughts would be appreciated, also has anybody else seen this from local hatcheries? Also can anyone see anything I could be doing that can cause the chicks to get splayed legs? I've used the same bedding for both batches and can't see any reason for it.
Thanks