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Originally Posted by Zincubus
It's crazy that day old chicks cost 10 pence ( £0.10) whilst large mice cuts FIFTEEN times more !
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It makes sense somewhat. Incubation for a chick is 21 days for hatching, then can be culled with no additional cost. A mouse is 21 days for gestation then roughly 42 days till maturity. The mouse also requires food and bedding both during gestation and growth.
My corns get a combination of mice, asf, Norway rats, and day old chicks.
Once breeding season comes I'm gonna hold back two corns from the same clutch and do a test with them. One will get fed mice for the first year and the other will be fed asf to see how their growth is affected by their prey.