Why are my baby chicks dying?

[mahampire]

Ok so It's been ta same many times.
Firstly are Cornish X supposed to die quickly?

Sells here only sell cornish X baby chicks and no other breeds sadly. Now everytime i do get them one way or other they die. I gave them Chick starter the whole time and kept the place in a comfy warm temperature (i live in south asia and normal average temperature around me is 37°C or 35°C) anyways so everything was fine.

One chick got split leg but i fixed it. Took 1 week she is fine. Even though she looks way too fat. I know this is what is the problem with cornish X.
But there was another one "Pipi" he was older (around 4-5 weeks) he was diff and he used to eat less chirped a lot.
He was clingy idk why he only stops chirping if held in hand. So he was perfectly fine even this morning (8 am) but sadly he suddenly died (11 am) there seem to me NO REASON.

I have them both same food. Last night they ate cabbage cause i ran out if chick feed and very It's hard to find in this area. Now i only have a small leaf. And i Don't think cabbage is the reason for death.
Nor is cold or heat. (They drank enough water)

So why did he suddenly die? (He didn’t have any diseases.)
Please tell me what am i doing wrong?

 

[MrsEarthern]

I have avoided Cornish X because I have read they are very likely to die of shock due to heart problems from their rapid weight gain. I'm sorry that's all that's available to you and that I don't have any more information for you.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

CornishX need a high protein food. Here in the US I get them a formula called Meat Chick starter. They don't get enough protein on a regular chick starter feed. They grow so fast they need to eat almost constantly. Some people let them eat around the clock; I do not. Also, I start taking mine to the butcher at 4-5 weeks. I don't let them live longer than 8 weeks. They become so heavy their legs won't support them, and they can die of heart problems if they get much older than that. They are not bred for laying eggs. They are bred for meat.

 

[mahampire]

CornishX need a high protein food. Here in the US I get them a formula called Meat Chick starter. They don't get enough protein on a regular chick starter feed. They grow so fast they need to eat almost constantly. Some people let them eat around the clock; I do not. Also, I start taking mine to the butcher at 4-5 weeks. I don't let them live longer than 8 weeks. They become so heavy their legs won't support them, and they can die of heart problems if they get much older than that. They are not bred for laying eggs. They are bred for meat.

Thanks this really helps! I will try to switch their food more protein based. I think i need to feed them scrambled egg or other home protein cause they only sell the normal type of chick feed here.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Good luck, let us know how this goes for you.

 

[NeoHomesteader]

Meat bird or game bird starter crumble. High Protein.

We feed 24/7 but elevate the food so they have to stand and eat. Also move their pen every few days or clean it daily. all that food going in comes out pretty quick and it stinks.