Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Our young chicks are growing up fast
Rowly Horn 
My latest visit to the farms involved examining the young flocks, currently between one and 16 weeks old. There are three barns dedicated to rearing the chicks before they are moved to the regular barns with access to the range. To monitor their progress we weigh a sample of chicks from each flock on a weekly basis. This allows me to determine the type of feed they require to ensure that their body weight is optimal for a healthy chick of that age.
With the 16 week old flock we actually weighed and recorded data for 100 individual chicks. Their average weight was slightly less than optimal which is perfectly acceptable for Pullets reared at this time of the year. We were really pleased to see that the chicks were healthy and weight's were very similar, like peas in a pod, which is perfect for when they commence laying in about three weeks.
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Reader Comments (1)
Having being a buyer of your eggs for years now at my local IGA in Cremorne, I often wondered about how the chooks were raised. Then came the recent insert re chook cam. Just love it, love your posts too and... I feel a bit connected since I lived on the Allworth side of Booral for the first few years of my life and had my own bantams. Such a lovely lush green area to grow children and chooks!