Chicks are 5 weeks old!!!

Our 7 chicks are growing fast and quick. They are consuming their food quickly and has taken a LOVE to bread.

We also had a few busybody chicks, always wanting to know what's out there!

Craig had put in a new perch for them and the chickies are showing their gratitude quick!

You can see Stripy standing up and Little sitting down. Little couldn't sit on the perch because of its feet.

Presenting some of the noisy buggers!

 One white with black feathers with no comb

This might be a part bantam. it has feathers on its feet. It has the best hairstyle among the 7 of them and I called it Elvis.

Stripy is now bigger as well and its watermelon body is over taken by its feathers. You can still see the stripe on its eye.

Little was the one born 2 days little, at week 3 we discover it's feet is deformed. Little can't sit on a perch so it's always sleeping alone, laying down. 

Today, we bought saw dust for the chicks because they keep eating their own poo and it stinks! They loved the saw dust once we put it in. It's soft on their feet and 2 white chicks start dusting themselves madly!

dusting themselves

First Day out!

Today the little chicks had a taste of the world outside their paper home.

They were staying together and keeping close to one another. Tomorrow they will be 4 weeks old!

The 3 elder ladies were mindful of them as well, keeping an eye on them from a distance.

Moving to a bigger home

Today I got the chickies a brand new home. It's bigger and more spacious.

The chickies were unsure when they first move into their palace..but it didn't take them long to figure things out. Soon they were jumping and flying around in their new palace!

Craig even made a temporary perch for them!

Chickies at 2 weeks old

The young ones are surviving winter well. A home made heater had been made for them they are getting along well together with one another. Only 2 weeks old and they are eating alot and pooing alot. We had to change new bedding for them each night. Very soon we will have to get them into a bigger home.

Check out some of the new born and 2 weeks old pictures. We now can see clearly there 3 yellow ones, 2 brown with black marking ones, one brown one and one yellow with black wings.

there's Little and Stripy at the background...

learning to balance on their perch. A few bigger chicks are sleeping on the perch too.

The gang!

Little at 2 weeks old                                                                               Little at one day old

Above: 2 weeks old   Below 2days old

Stripy at 2 weeks old                                  Stripy at 2 days old