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They are susceptible and perish easily to chicken diseases; the chicks are slow growing/maturing; they are very skittish and can hurt themselves (open scalp) trying to escape; if you release one from your hands, they are in the air and gone just like what a dove or sparrow would do; they lay 5-6...

If you can take close side view pictures, it will be helpful. But, chances are high that the birds your cousin is giving you are chickens. If that is the case, you would keep them the same way as you would for any other chicken.