meaties are **3 weeks** today!

[LindsayB]

I just weighed one of the girls...heres a pic. Gosh, they have some big legs and feet!! lol

and heres our only boy....

 

[KathyK]

How much do they weigh? I can't read the scale. And, how old are they, Lindsay?
Here is a pic from this morning. Yours look further developed than mine.

 

[LindsayB]

Mine will be 3 weeks on tues. the girls average at about 1-1 1/2 lbs and the boy is almost 2 lbs. He wasn't standing on the scale right in the pic, so its not accurate.

 

[LindsayB]

heres the little pen I made for them....Not the prettiest, I know. But hey, it was all scrap and it works! They have a tarp folded over the top and sides to keep the sun/rain off of them.....

 

[KathyK]

Here's mine. Don't ask how much it cost.

They are out in it 24/7 now, with the light on at night. It's been very warm here, but a cool front came through and it's supposed to be 48 tonight. I think they will be fine with the sides rolled down and a light on. It was 52 this morning and they seemed fine.

You can see the layer pen in the background.

 

[LindsayB]

Yours is alot better and bigger than mine!

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

Just got 29 18 day old Cx from TSC. I couldn't pass up the deal, 6 bucks for the lot of them. Plus 2 who are younger. Trying them with the other 3 week olds, they seem more DP than Cx.

 

[backyardmenagerie]

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Nice deal! Our TSC sells out of chicks the day they get them, and I'm always so jealous when I hear others talk about the older bargain chicks.

Weighed mine today, and it looks like they're averaging a little over a pound. We're catching up, finally! And it's still too cold for them to go out. Hopefully the fresh air and spring grass will get them growing faster, if it ever warms up!

 

[KathyK]

Oh No! Now they are predicting 46 degrees for the low tonight. May try to add some insulation. What do you all think? I threw away the stinky cardboard brooder.

 

[LindsayB]

Didn't you say you still have the heat lamp on them at night? They should be fine with that I think.