The 1st of the meaties!!

Yesterday, Ron Fi & Josh went off to pick up 5 new chicks.
These are not egg layers, these will be dinner, and the kids have been told from the start not to get to attached to them - and most importantly no naming any of them!!

Josh has said he'd like to have a go at plucking a chicken, which I'm glad coz I'm going to need a hand clucking 5 chickens!
Knowing my luck he'll be better at it than me!

The lady we got them from (Joy) has given us lots of advice on what to feed them and when, so we get the best of of them.
They are the same type of birds Huge (River Cottage Man) used in his programme when they raised the cheap 2 for a fiver type ones in the barn and the ones outside free ranging (I can't think of what the programme was called right now - but if your a Chicken Out fan then you know the one I mean)
I'm really looking forward to raising these little guys, mainly as it is going back to basics and truelly raising my own food for my growing family.

In less than 16 weeks (chicks are 3 weeks old now) time I will be cooking and eating a a happy healthy chicken that was spoilt rotton all the way. They may be meaties but they still have the same needs as our eggy girls and they will get it all, unlike their poor barn raised cousins around the country.

xx