Well, I've now learned the hard way that you don't put younger chicks with full sized chickens. Oops. I put the Leghorns & the Brahmas in with the Orpingtons and.. . well, the orps killed the Brahma with the wry neck, pecked the head bloody on one of the Leghorns, & bloodied the leg / ripped the feathers out of the leg of the other Brahma. Crap! I did get the two bunny hutches.. I'll keep one as that's where I put the survivors (it's a nice 6' hutch). The other I'm fixing the top (it's a little beat up), repainting it, & will sell it.
On a different note, the Cornish X are PIGS. Total & absolute PIGS. They're going through about a pound of food a DAY. 5 chicks! A pound of food! OMG!! So I had to go to Murdocks & buy some meatbird food. It's 22% protein, which is what everyone & their cousin said I need to get. I'll be feeding that starting probably Sunday when they've eaten everything that's in their container right now.
Pigs.
