It's amazing how these little chicks are being stretched and pulled this way and that and the once cute little balls of fluff are looking more and more like little tiny dinosaur like creatures! Feathers are growing in from all angles and depending on the bird, at different lengths. No two are alike which makes it kind of fun.
We've had to raise the feeders and water onto platforms because they keep scratching pine shavings into everything!
More than 1/2 of them have names now. The Buff Orpington's, Buff Chantecler's and the Cuckoo Maran's are still hard to tell apart since I have two of each. I can't go by size because it seems like from day to day they swap places! Temperment and shyness seem to be the easiest for me to determine between the sisters.
The two Buff Orphington's are the sweetest and most gentle. When I put my hand in the pen, they'll come right up and let me slide my hand under them and lift them out. Of course, feeding them the "mealy worm" treat for behaving doesn't hurt :) It's amazing how quickly they imprint the reward with the action!
The two Blue Laced Wyandotte's are now two different shades of blue feathering. I've named the darker colored chick "Miss Blue" and the lighter one is "Missy". They're right behind the Buff's for the worms, although I have to be careful when returning them to the pen since they want to fly back in on their own and from a distance theycan't see the deer netting I have over the top to keep them contained.
The two Blue Laced Wyandotte's are now two different shades of blue feathering. I've named the darker colored chick "Miss Blue" and the lighter one is "Missy". They're right behind the Buff's for the worms, although I have to be careful when returning them to the pen since they want to fly back in on their own and from a distance theycan't see the deer netting I have over the top to keep them contained.
