Chicks are in the Hen House!

Dennis finished the hen house and I moved the chicks last Monday. They will be four weeks old tomorrow and growing like crazy. I love sitting in the hen house and feeding them treats. I ran out of their favorites - strawberries. They've moved on to zucchini and seemed to get pretty excited when they see me coming. I sit in the hen house and they like to perch on my arms and legs and sometimes my shoulder and head.

Here are some pictures. As you can see - they're getting lots of feathers. The Buff Orps are my favorite. They are really soft and love to be petted!

Updated pics - Chicks are growing.

The chicks are growing so fast! Here are some updated pictures. The first picture features the only chick that has a name so far. Her name is "Sparky Sparky Boom Chick". Megan and Hannah named this chick because she seems to be leader and is the boss so far. She is named after the Combustion man in the Avatar series. He has phenomenal powers and will use them if he has to.

When I come home from work I like to take the chicks out to play. I put down an old terrycloth towel and take 3 chicks out at a time. I try to hold each one and talk to them a little bit to get them used to me. Today I fed them a treat of crushed Cheerios - hey had a blast. it was especially exhausting for them.

Chicks are online...

I left the chicks home alone yesterday for the first time. Just to be sure there isn't too much partying going on I have a web cam on them today....

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/suzyschicks