They've been practising stepping up and being in a cage on their own so that going to a new home won't be too much of a shock for them.
The chick on the left is the older chick, she's the normal green and on the right is her younger sister.
The chicks are both 8 weeks old this week. They've been in a cage on their own for a week now. They've been practising stepping up and being in a cage on their own so that going to a new home won't be too much of a shock for them. The chick on the left is the older chick, she's the normal green and on the right is her younger sister. Here's the older chick again. She's nearly fully feathered now, she just needs to fill in her rump and those little patches near her ears. Here's the younger chick. She's still got a few patches to fill in but her pin feathers show that it won't be too long until she's pretty.
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Older girl is looking nearly like a real bird. Poor little girl still looks a bit funny but at least she can fly now. They're both still very tame, enjoy getting scritches and are starting to eat more for themselves. I think they'll be ready to go in a cage without their dad by next weekend. Se below for videos and photos of them and also a pic of the swing that I made for them. The card and straws eventually get chewed up and so you just replace them and change it up a bit so it never gets boring. The little girls are growing more and more feathers to replace the pins that got plucked. They're still funny looking little things but they're getting there. The older chick is also starting to fly a bit more and she's already starting to get the idea of 'step up.' She's also discovered the joy of snuggling against the back of my neck, under my ponytail. The younger one is starting to think about coming out of the nest box, as you'll see in the video. I've added some photos. The first few are from a couple of days ago and the last one and the video are from today. The best part of the video is probably the last 10 seconds! I took a video of the chicks today. The older hen has started to come out of her nestbox by herself and to nibble at millet so she's going to be a real bird soon. She climbed up me today and snuggled against my neck. For some reason I can't upload photos at the moment so I'll put that pic up next time. Younger girl is just a little fluffy scruff-bag at the moment, she just likes to snuggle. It's Chick 5! She even climbed out of the box and onto that perch in front of her. Then she took the opportunity to shout at her dad until he fed her! It's been a stressful few weeks with this clutch and unfortunately 3 of the chicks have died, two from crop issues and one, probably from aspiration in the nest box. I really didn't expect to have all of these problems with parent raised chicks that were so old. It's so much worse when they're already starting to show personality and will toddle over to see you. Thankfully, chick 5 and 6 have had no problems at all and are doing really well. They're both little hens. 5 is plain green and 6 looks like she's going to be pied (although she might not have any noticable yellow she'll be a brighter green.) Chick 2 is still being treated for slow crop and although he's not quite right yet, I'm hopefull that he'll recover soon and he'll grow some feathers. I've been treating him through the night so I'd like to be able to sleep again! People still on my list atm are Lizzy, Matt and Gemma, in that order. Here's 2 and 6.I'm so pleased that 6 is thriving now after her difficult start. |
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