Pastured poultry~the beginning

The Cornish rocks have arrived and made it safely into the brooder Connor put together for them.  This will be their home for the next 2-4 weeks until they go to a bigger home in the pasture for finishing.  We lost 7 in transit so we have replacements coming next week,  not sure where they will go.

You can't see in the picture but I also purchased 8 red comets to add to my flock of laying hens this year, that makes 78 birds in this picture with 25 more coming next week.  Yowza!  Good thing we like to eat what we grow and share some extra with our CSA friends.

Here they are the morning of arrival looking like cute, fluffy Easter Chicks.  Unfortunately by Easter they will have feathers and not be so cute anymore.  More updates to come as they grow.