Chicks Days Eight Thru Eleven March 2016

Chicks Days Eight Thru Eleven 

March 2016

Hello Friends!  another week of growing, eating, and pooping!  I've been feeding them lots of greens, and started putting Kombucha (kind of fermented tea) in their water.  They all seem to be doing really well...thankfully!

A lot of changes to their wings and legs.

They have really all come together and don't separate anymore.

Close-up of tail feathers.

I've tried repeatedly to capture a picture of when the chicks stretch out one wing, and at the same time they stretch out the corresponding leg---it is always this big, big stretch!  This is the closest I've got to show you.

The Buff Orpington's feathers are behind the Black Star's development.  The Buff's seem like they must be a day or two younger than the Black Star's.  

You can see how long the wing and tail feathers are getting.  The birds are running across the length of the box flapping their wings and taking little flights.  The little feeding lid has worked well.

This picture shows how the chicks love to nestle down in the towels and make their little nests and peck around themselves and then drift off to naps.  It is really cute to watch.

I still like to hold them on their backs and pet their tummies.  Most of the birds love it when I do it, and close their eyes and start falling asleep.

At day eleven the first chick gets up on the watering tower!  I have no idea how she did that!  

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