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your Cornish Rock broiler chicks just as you start any baby chick. Start
them on a 20-22% Chick and/or Broiler Starter. Keep them on that ration
for the first 4.5 to 5 weeks. At that age, switch them to an 18% Chick
Grower. Please make sure you restrict the feed as we outline below!
Provide 3 inches of feeder space and 1 inch per chick of watering space.
You will
"full feed" your broiler chicks around the clock
for the first 5 days of age. At 7:00 p.m. of the 5th day,
make sure your broiler chicks are completely out of feed.
That means there is positively no feed from 7:00 p.m. of
the 5th day of age until 7:00 a.m. the following morning.
You want them out of feed for 12 consecutive hours. Water,
yes, but no feed for 12 hours. Continue this "minor
feed restriction" program, removing the feed every
night, until time of slaughter. Failure to follow this feeding
program may result in heart attacks. Sudden Death Syndrome
or "flip" as it is sometimes called can result
because of the very rapid growth of your Welp Broiler Chicks.
Following the above restriction outline, religiously, every
night commencing the 5th night of their 5th day of age,
will reduce the "flip" thing substantially.
We
recommend using Welp Super Broiler Vitamins
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