We were informed of their arrival with an early morning phone call from the post office in mid-April. Thirty-five chicks had arrived from McMurray Hatchery. We delivered some of the chicks to other farming families and kept ten Cornish Game Hens for ourselves. Cornish Game Hens are meat chickens which grow fat over just a few months.
Over the past couple months the birds have been fed constantly. They are always hungry and eat crumbles all day long. Eat, sleep, and sit is all they ever want to do.
Next weekend the chickens will be brought to a friend's farm in New Hampshire to be butchered and dressed. Updates to come.
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