I never leave any for 24hrs Bob before giving them their first feed, generally its no longer than 12 hrs and not before 6hrs, they're usually dried out and up and begging by this time . first feed is normally some chick leg muscle minus any bone, cut this down to match head sizes and give them about 6 at the most for the first feed just to get the stomache turning over. the meat off a chick leg <Lactated> is easy for them to digest for the first few feeds, after that they get somthing more substantial, give them some bone later by about 48 hrs....
all I can say is the hygien is criti