17 September 2019

Chicks growing up

Chicken and chicks behind a wire fence
Rainbow and the kids, Sep 2019
Here's a photo of the chicks;  they're growing up fast and going through about 5 kg of growers pellets a week.  I imagine once they're done with their current 12 kg, we'll start the integration process with the main flock.  We've been letting them free range for a few hours in the evenings (so funny to watch them all spook and "take flight" together).  The boys have been too rowdy and though their mothers are still pretty indulgent. will no doubt get some discipline from the adults when they finally meet.

They're  just about eight weeks old now.  I anticipate having to eat the boys when they are around 12 weeks (when they start to crow), and the girls will probably start laying at around 20-25 weeks.

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