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  1. silkiechicken

    Ugly Babies?

    If you can make a shelter for them outside, they can go out as soon as you want. Trust me... you don't want even one 6-8lb live birds inside pooping up a storm. But then again, you've got enough patience to have them inside already for already almost a month! Might go check out the meat bird...
  2. silkiechicken

    Ugly Babies?

    Oh wow, you have more than just the 3... now I'm even more sorry for you. They will start gaining weight exponentially in the coming weeks. You'll want to find a way to keep them outside in a run that you can move or they will stomp grass to nothing.
  3. silkiechicken

    Ugly Babies?

    It happens, lots of times they get mixed up in bins because as day olds, they DO look almost Exactly the same. If you ask the hatchery, they may refund your money. Differences show up starting about a week in if you don't have them side by side. As for med food, chances are the tag will say amp...
  4. silkiechicken

    Ugly Babies?

    Quote: Are you coming to the spring oregon poultry swap in canby? Hope your leghorns are really leghorns... Leghorns are much skinnier.
  5. silkiechicken

    Ugly Babies?

    Eat them... seriously. They really are not meant to live long, can have leg problems, can have heart problems, can go down and just die if you don't eat them as intended. Keeping them as pets can be done, but personally... not worth the work to keep the bird healthy enough alive.
  6. silkiechicken

    Ugly Babies?

    They have a massive girth to them and are round in shape. White + round + wide set legs + large poops + fat yellow legs = meat chick. Even white rocks don't look like that as chicks, and it is in part their lack of feathers that helps ID them. Rather, it's not lack of feathers, but a massive...
  7. silkiechicken

    Ugly Babies?

    Uh... you are in for a HUGE disappointment... that pic are meat birds. Those are Cornish X meat birds. They are to be eaten at about 8 weeks old... those are 100% NOT leghorns. Sorry.
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