The baby chicks, chicklets, are grow quickly and its no small wonder either. When food arrives, they are like pigs running to the feed trough. They jostle each other out of the way and pig out. Then the greedy older hens come to see what the commotion is and decide they are hungry also, and join in pushing the chicklets out of the way. Sharks would be proud of the feeding frenzy that ensues.

As you can see from the picture, the dark chicklets are growing very fast. They look like a cross of Jersy Giant and Astrolorp. They Jiants are a large framed bird and the astrolorps grow fast, so we get a large fast growing chicklet. The lit ones are Buckeyes, a slow growing chicken with utility background. They littlest one gamely struggles to hold his own and pushes his way in to eat.