RE Chukars they are very much like chickens. They can eat chicken starter. There is also a game bird crumble that you can buy when they are older. We keep our baby chicks in a large steel horse trough set up with waterers and feeders and a heat lamp. 40 sound like a lot. I hope you are able to sell some of them to someone. Maybe take out an add in the local pennysaver. Hope this helps.

I can not keep these as you would chicks as they are so small they go right thru a dog kennel. They get lose and run. Right now to keep them warm I put them ina brooder. Ww lost a few because I did not realize you have to put rocks in the water. I tried putting them with my baby chicks and the chase was on as they did not want to stay in :-)