First time chicken owner!

[CMV]

from NH. Glad you found us.

 

[dawg53]

Welcome to BYC.

 

[Desert Rooster]

Hello

and

from Hesperia,Ca

 

[white01]

from Maine

 

[TajMaChicken]

and

from North MS! Congratulations on become a new chicken mom! You will have all the info you need right here! There are so many fine folks with a wealth information and experience on this forum. Good luck with your new fuzzy butts!

 

[4-H chicken mom]

and

from Ohio. So glad you joined.

 

[Attack Chicken]

from Indiana!!!!

 

[Posh Chickens]

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If you get attached, and wanting to keep the meat chicks as pets, thats just not possible, like the clerk said, 13 weeks... Are you going to eat them? Or just dispose of the body?

We are glad you are here.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Glad to see you here. Meat chickens are hard to raise beyond 13 weeks, unless you work really hard. I can't say that is not possible to raise meat birds because my meat birds are 4 years old and still going strong. I wouldn't suggest anyone getting meat birds to raise as pets. It's a tough job to do.

Congrats on your new babies. You will love them.

 

[GreenChic]

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We really don't want to kill them any advice you can give me would be great. The biggest one is a meat chicken and the only one the kids have named. I would really like to keep them all alive.