My "broiler" chickens -pics-

[Robin'sBrood]

I'm glad I came across this thread because it's possible that I have 4 Cornish Rocks in my brooder right now. I picked up 6 new chicks at TSC yesterday and - because the TSC people put all the chicks together in one big tub

- and because yellow chicks were almost all that was left - it was impossible to know exactly what kind of yellow chicks we were getting. The employee that helped me said that some could be Cornish Rocks and I said I don't want any meat birds, to which she replied, "They're just like regular chickens."

This thread will be very helpful if I see any starting to grow by leaps and bounds.

 

[rebecca10782]

That is so wonderful of you to save them

I think those girls could live a good long life mabye with a low fat diet and lots of room to run

I love the picture of the dust bath. It makes me so exstatic when I see a picture of a battery hen saved from hell and taking a refreshing dust bath

I don't think they could be any happier! Congratulations

 

[raroo]

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Good luck! I hope for your sake there aren't any... having to worry about and monitor the health of four cornish crosses plus raising other chickens at the same time sounds like quite the burden. Are you going to try to raise them like normal chickens?

 

[raroo]

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Thank you so much!

They do love their dust baths and I have about a hundred photos of it. There isn't anything much cuter to watch than a chicken taking a dust bath!

Here's a cute action shot of George afterwards shaking the dust off. "AHHHHH, that felt GOOD!!"

 

[lisahaschickens]

Hi Raroo -

I posted before that I thought the aspirin idea was a good one.

I just noticed that your location si "Vancouver" - are you in WA or B.C.?

 

[raroo]

I'm in BC... I'll change that on my profile!

 

[Robin'sBrood]

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Good luck! I hope for your sake there aren't any... having to worry about and monitor the health of four cornish crosses plus raising other chickens at the same time sounds like quite the burden. Are you going to try to raise them like normal chickens?

If they are cornish rocks I'm probably going to try to re-home them. You would think that TSC would have kept the meat birds separate.

 

[raroo]

You'll know pretty quickly...
Here's my babies at just 5 days old, having a nap with my fiance.

We had their brooder in the bathroom if you're wondering about the toilet in the background, LOL.

Compare that with this photo, here they are at 24 hours old.

 

[hennypenny9]

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I may die of the cuteness of these pics.

 

[Robin'sBrood]

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WOW! Exactly what breed are your girls because my little ones are about a week old and are no where near that big!

In fact, here they are today at 6 days...

Here are two of the 6 day old mystery chicks beside my 11 day old EE and NHR

This was last night, at 5 days old

After seeing pics of your I'm very hopeful now that mine ARE NOT meaties!

What do you think?