Wednesday
Jun102009
Roosting roosters - perhaps?
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 6:45PM 
It's kinda hard to see - but these mini-chicks that are all in a perfect row and are facing the same way are NOT practicing for a synchronized clucking event... they are actually sitting on a piece of old 4x4 (non-pressure treated) that I added to the brooder. They had their little instincts kick in and immediately began vieing for position on the new roost point.All in all - the chicks are doing great and last night we opened up the last section of the brooder - so all 76 chicks are running around inside the 8x8 space. We also added in the bell waterer that gets used in the pasture pens - to make keeping all these birds well watered easier than keeping up with the refilling of the smaller waterers. Tonight they finished their first 80# bag of feed - and from here on out they only eat MORE!
They will complete their second week with us this Friday - and we are hoping to get them to pasture in another week - it makes them happy, makes our lives easier from a feeding and cleaning perspective, and lets them self forage on their own. To that end - the second pasture pen is coming along quite well and should be ready in the next couple of days - well ahead of it being needed.
Reader Comments (3)
Cute! Do you stagger more pies of wood around just for fun?
Man, they're hungry little buggers!
The wood was more of a "animal behavior" experiment... supposedly Cornish Cross Broilers don't have a lot of the instincts of other chickens... but both yeas these guys seem to...
They are working on their second 80# bag of feed… and every day it goes faster.