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The description of Poussin from internet I found referred to eating them:
Poussin (spring chicken) is a pullet or rooster from 4 to 6 weeks old. They are bred especially for meat; a spring chicken is a delicacy and can be purchased
at BBQuality.

I do hope you /the neighbour mean chicks of that age to grow up as chickens and not to be eaten asap. Some French have strange food habits. Eating small birds, frogs, snails and other animal stuf I will not eat as long as I can choose what to eat.

Strange thing to put such young chicks in an existing flock with adult chickens too imo. The neighbour is giving the chicks a hard time. I would prefer to put them in a seperated coop/run where they can see each other but not get attacked. And wait to join them until the are about a month older.
 
Scots in France said:
Hiya, my name is Anne and I moved from Edinburgh, Scotland to the Gers region in the South of France in June 2020, with my partner, our cat & pet terrapin.
Our new neighbour keeps chickens but works long hours. My first experience with them wasn't great as the 3 hens scratched up nearly every plant I put in the garden!
One of the hens vanished (fox maybe?!) and the other 2 went broody, so our neighbour bought 3 poussins.
About a month later our neighbour got 3 more poussins & put them in with the flock - didn't go down well and they were chased out! I spent the next couple of weeks trying to keep them safe - they were hiding in the hedgerow and very timid.
After about a month there was only 1 left and I managed to coax him into roosting in an old rabbit hutch. Not wanting to give him a proper name I called him "Baby-baby".
He was starting to hang out on the outskirts of the flock though the original 2 hens have little patience for him! He's now about 4 months old and growing up to be a very handsome boy! 💔
Then our neighbour got another 5 poussins and fortunately one of the original poussins is very gentle and I managed to get her to roost with the little ones to bring them into the flock...
So now there are 11 chickens, 3 boys (2 will be dinner, tho not "Baby-baby"!).
The flock is free ranging over a couple of acres, been fed supplemental organic grain over the winter, and 4 hens are now laying regularly! 😁
We are renovating a permaculture garden that had grown wild after several years of neglect, and are creating an organic garden to grow as many of our veggies as possible! New poly tunnel to be set up next month..
I am also a Holistic Therapist and we want to run our holiday home as a retreat for people who need to / want to reconnect with nature.
We are very fortunate to be surrounded by countryside with very few neighbours, lots of trees and a large prairie 4 hectares that we are planning on planting trees in and creating a pond.
Its a huge learning curve for me as a town / city kid all my life, but I am loving country life! 😁 🙏 💜 🙏
Our next big project is building a new hen house and fencing a run for the hens and extra fencing around my flower beds and vegetable plots! 😂
I have been able to keep them away so far by digging worms for them on other parts of the land to distract them! 😁
Looking forward to sharing my progress and learning LOTS!
Namaste 🙏 💜 🙏 View attachment 2509140
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Scots in France said:
Hiya, my name is Anne and I moved from Edinburgh, Scotland to the Gers region in the South of France in June 2020, with my partner, our cat & pet terrapin.
Our new neighbour keeps chickens but works long hours. My first experience with them wasn't great as the 3 hens scratched up nearly every plant I put in the garden!
One of the hens vanished (fox maybe?!) and the other 2 went broody, so our neighbour bought 3 poussins.
About a month later our neighbour got 3 more poussins & put them in with the flock - didn't go down well and they were chased out! I spent the next couple of weeks trying to keep them safe - they were hiding in the hedgerow and very timid.
After about a month there was only 1 left and I managed to coax him into roosting in an old rabbit hutch. Not wanting to give him a proper name I called him "Baby-baby".
He was starting to hang out on the outskirts of the flock though the original 2 hens have little patience for him! He's now about 4 months old and growing up to be a very handsome boy! 💔
Then our neighbour got another 5 poussins and fortunately one of the original poussins is very gentle and I managed to get her to roost with the little ones to bring them into the flock...
So now there are 11 chickens, 3 boys (2 will be dinner, tho not "Baby-baby"!).
The flock is free ranging over a couple of acres, been fed supplemental organic grain over the winter, and 4 hens are now laying regularly! 😁
We are renovating a permaculture garden that had grown wild after several years of neglect, and are creating an organic garden to grow as many of our veggies as possible! New poly tunnel to be set up next month..
I am also a Holistic Therapist and we want to run our holiday home as a retreat for people who need to / want to reconnect with nature.
We are very fortunate to be surrounded by countryside with very few neighbours, lots of trees and a large prairie 4 hectares that we are planning on planting trees in and creating a pond.
Its a huge learning curve for me as a town / city kid all my life, but I am loving country life! 😁 🙏 💜 🙏
Our next big project is building a new hen house and fencing a run for the hens and extra fencing around my flower beds and vegetable plots! 😂
I have been able to keep them away so far by digging worms for them on other parts of the land to distract them! 😁
Looking forward to sharing my progress and learning LOTS!
Namaste 🙏 💜 🙏 View attachment 2509140
Click to expand...
Welcome Anne! Enjoy your time on BYC! Greetings from the California Delta!
:welcome
 

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