Does mortality tend to be higher or lower with chicks hatched relatively early in the spring as compared with those hatched during late spring or early summer?
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Does mortality tend to be higher or lower with chicks hatched relatively early in the spring as compared with those hatched during late spring or early summer?
I would guess mortality to be greater early in the year due to the greater difference in daytime and night time temperatures, which wopuld probably affect brooder temperature stability
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8 years ago via Forums | Front Porch Forum
I will agree with Plowboy.
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Depends. If they are hatched early up here they had better be handy at shaking off snow and cold. Hatched far enough south and late they will need an air conditioner
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Lower in spring as the likelihood of contracting diseases and parasites increase as the season advances.
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