Cool chicks!
The first pic looked a bit odd to me, just wondering if it was perspective. The tote looks a bit small for them.
Rule of thumb: they will need half a square foot per bird. So if you have 5 birds, you need an area 21” on a side. It's better to have too much room, than too little. Don't want undesirable behaviors starting so early...
Have you decided what recipe the roosters will become??? :))
Ah, you're right! It is too small. It's 14" by 19". We'll move them to a different larger tote :)
I'll pick up some grit on the way home from work tomorrow. Reading today after church I think the older birds would benefit from it as well since they're not able to roam a large area and find the best natural option. Thanks!
I'm thinking they'll be grilled whole with some lemon pepper seasoning we picked up at Costco this weekend :) Being bantams there's not a lot to em, but it'll be good practice for any broilers later in the project.
We used to LOVE Cornish game birds, bitty little things, 1 was enough for 1 person....
They used to be our Thanksgiving birds. How were they to raise? Would be cool to raise some at home for something like that.
Oh, we ate them decades ago, long before we started raising our own food, so I have no idea how to raise them. I expect much the same as chickens...