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Here is the mystery chick: Here are some pictures just to compare the sizes. These JCXR's are Godzillas! It is too bad they are so chubby and docile, they probably make nice pets when they are full grown. Fatties at the trough. Hey blimpo! Oink-Oink! Too many Twinkies...

Thanks for the kind words newlyweds. Although I am trying to stay neutral as far as the meaties go. They are cute when they park it in the feed tray so they can sleep and eat. Some of them are even dust bathing in the chips. My RIR's didn't do that until a few weeks to a month! The instincts...

Had a death this morning. Can't tell if it was a trampling or a smothering. It didn't have a pasty butt or anything. It was in the position that most of them sleep in, neck out, one leg out (like sunning). the thermometer is reading over 100 (like I originally said, I think the cheapo...

Thanks all. They are like little roadrunners. Thanks B-H. The brooder is in the shed. It is not visible in the picture but I have a section of the side cut out (but still covered) that leads to a dog door which exits the shed. As they get older they will be able to wander out into the...

6-21-10: Only had one death so far, a JCXR. I keeping hearing (what I think is) sneezing. I am hoping it is only the wood chips or maybe the ammonia from the fatties kicking it into high gear. I do see a couple brown foamy poops once in a while. I took some close-ups of the free chick...