I never thought I'd like them.....

[Fallon]

So all my life I have been scared of chickens. And then I get the hairbrain idea to have some. And of course I never do anything small. So I ordered 6 NHReds, 6 B. Orp and 38 Cornish. Way to face your fear head on.

Well now I'm in love with them. And silly me my favorite is a meat bird. Talk about loving what you eat. The chick is a wk old and comes looking for me. He/she then crawls in my hand an lays down. AWWWW! To cute.

After all the bad I heard about meat birds I'm loving them more than my adhd laying hens.

 

[Camelot Farms]

1st....

2nd... congrats on overcoming your fear.

I used to be the same way and now...pssht. I am forever chasing down a chicken, getting in the coop, grabbing tail feathers....feet...whatever is closest...lol

 

[TurkeyMountainChickens]

It's hard not to love them! Especially when they are little and cute.

 

[CoopCrazy]

The meaties are soooo sweet as babies, Sadly when they get closer to butcher time they really arent so cute more like frankenchickens...

 

[Mama&thePeeps]

Welcome! And you're in good company here.

 

[NYRIR]

Welcome.I saw some of those meat birds at TSC...they said they die after 2 months??Is this true!? How awful

 

[Camelot Farms]

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They can. They are bred to gain weight fast so that they can be butchered at 6-8 weeks. They are little eating machines. Once they reach their optimal weight if they arent butchered, they can die from heart attacks...all that weight on little bodies.

 

[PhilErvin]

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Good luck eating this one....

 

[Bettacreek]

The meaties are my favorite as well. Hopefully once my mille fleur cochins and silkies hatch, they'll take that space (especially since the meaties will be butchered a week or so before they hatch). The cochin that I had before was just as friendly as my meaties. These meaties though, they come to find me if I do the "here kitty, kitty" call, lol.

 

[Foleys]

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