Andre Horta

Besides all the good coments above, it is advisable when one receives chicks to check on their body weight uniformity and CV to see it they are sourced from different aged egg donor flocks mixed together which will cause the smaller birds to struggle to compete with the older birds, see also how long since the birds have been from hatch to farm and at what temperature, since dehydration plays a ...

WE need to start also looking at incubator temperatures especially in the last 3 days of incubation before transfer as these create serious issues with organ development heart and lung as well. The modern birds just produces too much heat in multistage machines!