ok this is going to take abit to explain
there is a neighbor kid (age 14) that help me im the summer monthes with feeding birds. about 5 weeks ago he wanted me to build a pin so he could buy 50 or so birds just for fun.
trying to be a good guy i talked to his dad and made him a deal i would build a pin and supply all the food so all he would have to do is feed and water them and then when they got 6 weeks i would sell them and give him some money.
he told me Saturday that some had died (no big deal it happens)well i got a order for 70 birds and there should have been plenty ready . well i went over there and found that over 100 had died ranging from 1 week old to 5 week (each hatch week in a different pin)
the birds all looked the same size and a few looked like they were so weak. i did notice that there was no food in any of the cages or water
so did they just starve or is there something more here
dont see anything wrong on the outside when you pick them up you dont feel the meat on the breast nothing but bones and fethers
also i have some out of the same hatches at my house and never lost a one
oh they are jumbo browns
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