Overeaters Anonymous for Chicks?

[superchemicalgirl]

So I know we have Chicken Addicts Anonymous... But do we have a "Chick Overeaters Anonymous"?? I have 2 chicks in desperate need of membership:

Meet Spot:

And the bearded turken:

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Oh those are some full tummies...I mean crops!!!

They must have packed 'em full right before the shot!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

They almost always look like that though except first thing in the morning! I don't understand it. I throw some BOSS to the big girls, these two babies go crazy for it. I put down regular chick food for them, they devour it. They eat shavings. They eat adult pellets.

There's another chick in the bunch, a non-NN, and while her crop is large, it is not gigantic like these two. I wonder if it just looks worse on these chicks because they're NN?

 

[Gypsy07]

Yikes! That first photo is seriously scary! Those are some freaky looking little chickies you've got there...

 

[Momagain1]

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Hey! Back off the turkens LOLOL...j/k...

I ordered some of them...they are so ugly they r cute lol...sorta..

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Ugly? Not hardly!

How can you NOT love the cute:

Yes, they have an awkward growing out phase. So do all chickens.

 

[Momagain1]

But I'm agreeing w/you....I got some coming next week!!! LOL

 

[superchemicalgirl]

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Oh I know, it was just a chance to show gratuitous shots of cute baby turkens.

I really do love these birds!

 

[Gypsy07]

I hope you weren't iannoyed when I said your chicks looked freaky. I was genuinely just meaning because of their scarily prominent crops. Honest!

 

[edgroger]

They look like their tummies are about to explode

Just stupid newbie question here.

What would happen if you leave the lights on in your chicken coop for the whole night. Would the chickens keep on eating and eating? I'm still confuse on this weird chicken behavior of eating whenever there is some light shining????