The chickens are growing quickly. We have 30 right now, 10 Cornish Rocks (meat birds), 7 Plymouth Rocks, 6 Reds (could be several different kinds - most likely Rhode Island Reds, we'll see when they are older), 2 Leghorns and 5 Bantams. The Bantmas are just ornamental birds, not to great for eggs or meat, but mom likes Bantams and wanted a few :) the Reds, Leghorns and Plymouth Rocks will be egg birds but could be used for meat as well. The Cornish Rocks will go into our freezer when they are big enough which usually does not take to long - usually when they are around 14 weeks old they will be read. They are growing really fast, looking kind of rough right now since they have a lot of feathers coming in. Here are a few pics from today...
Just bopping around their box
Posing for the camera
Plymouth Rocks
One of the little Bantams, I like this little fella
One of the Bantams, he's a Cochin (he has fuzzy feet!)
Cornish Rock on the far right, a Red next to it, 2 little Bantams & a Leghorn on the far left
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