[That maybe sounds like a definitely.]

If they're not flightless, then the chest muscles would be quite powerful. And smaller livestock are actually often more convenient for meat; there's less of it at risk of going bad before it can all be eaten.

[He lets one of the birds wander into his hand and lifts it up closer to eye level. It peeps gently.]

These will probably end up about the size of a gallon jug, I think.