The chicks come home to the farm at 1-2 days old and spend their first few weeks in a brooder, with plenty of room and heat to settle in. By three weeks, the cute fluff is gone and their feathers have come in. They are then able to regulate their body temperature on their own so they are moved out onto pasture in "chicken tractors" where they are protected from predators. Every day for the next 6 weeks they are moved daily to fresh grass and provided cool, clean water. They are allowed to express their natural instincts of pecking and scratching the ground in search of tasty bugs in the shade of the chicken tractor. The oldest batch even gets the privilege of free ranging during the day. At 9 weeks, chickens are processed on-farm by a knowledgeable and skilled crew.