Cornish named Tatertot

[artsyrobin]

Ok, after calling tsc, discovered Tatertot is a meaty, cornish- sigh... soooooo... i need advice on raising her, i know i need to limit food, and get her moving- she is about 2 weeks old now-

 

[amynbrent]

That looks like my chicks that I got from TSC. They were so sweet when they looked like yours now they are mean. They dont want me holding them, touching them. I pick them up....two hands now, that is how big they got in one week, they freak out, scratch me, peck me, flap their wings and squawk like crazy. They are nice to each other and the other chicks in fact the tinier babies lay underneath them and they let them. This is my first time ever owning chicks and these ones look like they might be work!

 

[alabamachick]

I did all the food limiting... locking them out of the coop for a few hours a day...etc etc, and one of them STILL died at about 4 months old, the other you could tell was simply MISERABLE and I just allowed my dad to butcher and eat her.

Meaties just dont do well... There are people that do better than I did, but from my experience, they just arent able to cope.