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| Dusky Beauty |
Posted - Aug 13 2011 : 09:32:39 AM
Question for the ladies who order chicks or hatch chicks often: About how many is typical to lose to "failure to thrive" or other issues?
How many extra birds should you order or hatch to get the number of adult birds you want?
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Aug 15 2011 : 10:20:06 PM
Usually I lose no more than the ones they include extra....1 or 2 out of the 25 or so I order.
Jenny in Utah
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| Melina |
Posted - Aug 15 2011 : 07:29:43 AM
I have only ordered what I want, and the company will add one or two "bonus" chicks. I've lost maybe one out of an order of 25. Sometimes I lose none. When I do lose one, it's usually to splayed legs that doesn't allow them to get to the food.
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| Megan |
Posted - Aug 14 2011 : 12:17:14 PM
at our farm we hatch our own but normally on lose maybe 2% a year.
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| oldbittyhen |
Posted - Aug 13 2011 : 10:08:08 AM
I usually plan on loseing 1-2 per 25, but most of the time, I lose none...
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