All Different Kinds of Chicks

[weebles&wobblesmom]

Ok. I am totally new to raising chicks. A month ago, I got a Pekin duckling from the farm store I work at because they didn't think it was going to live (guess what it did........

) My husband finally decided to let me order some chicks. I ordered 5 Barred Rock pullets, 1 cockeral and another Pekin duckling.

We ended up with 16 Bantums and 5 Polish something or others that the people who ordered them never came to pick them up, so I bought them. They had to be gone before closing and nobody wanted them, so me being the sucker I am...

So far they all seem to be getting along great, but is there anything I should know about any of these different breeds?

Oh and I brought home 2 Cornish Cross that, again, didn't look like they were gonna live. 1 has A LOT of it's feathers plucked off but they are doing just fine.

We don't want to go through the whole sloughter thing with the Cornish and I was told when they get a certain size, they HAVE to be eaten. Is this true?

Thanks in advance for any words of wisedom.

 

[pdsavage]

Cornish Cross allways looked half plucked as they start to lose the baby fuzz.And they grow realy fast and usally have leg proublems.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broiler

 

[weebles&wobblesmom]

Thanks. these guys are only 2 days old though and I saw him getting picked on by the other cornish that he came in with. He was also covered in poo, so he was plucking himself til I gave him a "sponge bath". Other than the feathers being pulled out, it looks good.