SuperChicken!

I went down this evening to muck out the coop, like I do every night. Got that? I do it every night - I see these chicks every night and most afternoons, too. And tonight, when I went down there, they were noticeably bigger than they had been the night before. A whole lot bigger. But it wasn't all the chicks. Just the Cornish crosses. Those chicks are scary huge. To be honest about it, I'm a little creeped out. They mob the feeder when I put it down at night, even though it's only been gone for 15 minutes. They spend all their time laying around while the other chicks skitter, fly and play. They just don't seem natural to me.


You can see that the Cornish cross is easily three times the size of the black australorp. The hilarious thing is that when they're all outside, the big ones try to bully the little ones, and the little ones fly right over them. It's funny, in a sad kind of way.



In fact, the Cornish crosses are growing so fast, their outsides can't keep up with their insides. The australorps and araucanas are completely covered by their little feathers. Their wings look fully-feathered and their bodies are completely covered. But look here - large portions of this Cornish cross are NAKED. The little meatball looks like a fourth-grader in a first-grader's feathers. So...I've got a coopful of Baby Hueys on my hands. I'm just hoping that they all make it another 6-8 weeks and that they taste good, because this is getting weird.