All of the gals can officially "roost"--this morning I woke to 5 of them balanced perfectly on the dowel . All of them except for Sally regularly fall asleep while perched and right now 4 of them are sleeping quietly next to each other all in a row. Annie and Moontha can also fly right up to the edge of the box and perch there as well. Annie likes to sit up there and look around the room and she's even brave enough to hop down to the floor. None of the others like to be outside of the box and it's getting harder and harder to catch them, much to the frustration of Ezra and Macy. These birds are fast! But we did figure out that we can put food in our hands and all of them will come right over and eat gently out of our palms.
They're also two weeks old and growing quickly. It's hard to believe that they all have fully feathered wings and tails no
w. They are constantly stretching and flapping their wings, and there's often a lot of commotion going on. Sometimes one chick will pick up a piece of wood in her beak and run around and the others will madly chase her all over the box like she has the last piece of food in the world.
These kids love their chickens. They do their best to snuggle with them and show them affection, which can be a little challenging. What are we going to do if one of them turns out to be a rooster?
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