A few weeks ago my son-n-law bought the last 16 chicks of 2011′s chicks (Feed store clearance sale) being sold at a bargain price. All the left overs were in one pen, no choice, no breed names, just labeled, clearance sale chicks!
No, Not this Kind Of Turk-in
10 of these chicks have to be some kind of sick trick mother nature played on me and the chicks! Ugliest chicks I have ever seen! Looking like some kind of breeding accident, looking like something out of an old Boris Karloff horror movie. Sorry but if you don’t know who Boris Karloff is you will have to google it!
Naked Neck Turkin Chicken
The answer is No, before you ask. They are not a cross between a turkey and a chicken…Grin… They are just another of the many different chicken breeds.
I took all of them out of the brooder pen and introduced them to my small flock of bantam hens yesterday. They seem to be doing well, running from one place to place exploring their new hen house and outdoor run. I have been feeding chick grow starter mixed with a little chopped corn and hen scratch. I will take them off chick starter and put them on a diet of egg crumbles (lay mash) and a grain mixture as soon as this bag of chick starter is used up.
I said I had 16 chicks, 10 being Turkins the other 6 are {I think} barred rocks. Being straight run I’m sure at least 8 of them are roosters. I should be able to sex them by mid December and process the roosters getting them in the freezer for a few of home grown fried chicken dinners. I have two ‘old’ bantam roosters that will go into the soup pot for chicken and noodle soup.
Barred Rock Hen
All of my new chicks should be fully feathered long before the really cold weather arrives and will have no need for a heat lamp.
This fall season has been full of accidents, first the chicks and now a dog accident!
Heeler - Border Collie Cross
Why is common sense so uncommon?
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