Broiler Chicks at Three Weeks (minus one day)

The chicks are now one day short of three weeks old.  Everyone is still very healthy and growing.  The heat lamp is only on at night these days and next week I plan to get them outside on pasture.    

(video taken today)

Though I've purposely not made pets of them, these birds seem to be just plain flighty by nature.  Also, they attack their food as if they are continually starving, even though they are fed twice daily and typically have a bit left in their pan when I add more.  The good news is they are very mobile and not just little slugs laying around in their own filth as some broiler breeds are known to do.  These birds are active and healthy.  I am still keeping them on pine wood shavings but will stop that next week.  They will then be on pasture during the day and wire at night unless we get a serious cold and/or wet snap.  

We are 36 days from butchering.  Looking at them now I find that hard to believe.  We may have to grow them a few additional weeks.  We shall see.

Btw, it occurred to me that in my videos it looks like the chicks are all crowded together.  Nope.  They have ample space.  They are just all clumping together to eat as they are greedy little piggies.  Behind the camera is much more room (including their waterer and two roosts).