Hello I'm fairly new to BYC

[Sllovenberg]

Hello My name is Sharon and I have 6 5-6week old chicks/teenagers. We are building a coop so they are currently in the basement of my house, and need to get out soon. I have 2 Amarucana, 2 Austrolorps and I found out the other two I have are Cornish X. I wanted 6 egg layers. Now can they all stay together? I will not abandon the Meat Birds, Holy chicken crap they eat a lot. Coop is almost done and chickens are ready to go out. Because I live in NJ it is more than warm enough for them to go out. I have put them out on occasion for a bid in an old coop that we have but brought them in at night.

 

[DobieLover]

Hello, Sharon, and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
unfortunately, your meat birds will not live long if allowed to eat the way a layer chicken should eat. Meat birds, if they are to live longer than a few weeks, must have a much more restricted food intake.

 

[N F C]

Hi Sharon, thanks for joining us (and thanks for sharing pictures)!

 

[LadyAchee]

Welcome!

 

[sourland]

Hello, Sharon, and welcome to BYC.

 

[Isaac 0]

Hi, Sharon, Welcome to BYC!

 

[drumstick diva]

Thank you Sharon for joining us at Backyard Chickens. You are very welcome here

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi Sharon and welcome to BYC. Here are some helpful links:

• Great go-to resource - Articles
• How to start a new thread
• Find other BYC members nearby using the links in my signature, below (turn your phone to landscape to see them).

Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Welcome to our FUNomenal Flock!
Grab a roost & enjoy your time here!

 

[rjohns39]

Hi Sharon and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

So sorry you ended up with a couple CX. When they reach about 8.5 pounds live weight they're ready to process and won't live much longer after that. Sorry