That's the Rhode Island Red and the Buff Orpington (or "Orfington," as Mike would have it) chowing down, and the two Ameraucanas heading for the water. These pictures were taken Monday evening, and we picked up the girls Saturday morning. We barely saw any signs of feathers Saturday, and you can already see the wings are getting well developed.
Here are the two Ameraucanas. They are developing the fastest, but are also the most skittish.
Here's Red. She is definitely the calmest of the lot, and most inquisitive. She likes to hop on top of the food container (to the right) and try to peer over the top of the galvanized tub we have them in. The Buff Orpington is also fairly inquisitive, but is quite bold -- she'll shove the others out of her way when she wants to check something out. She's also the smallest of the lot, and developing a bit behind the others in terms of feathers.
More of Miss Red.
We have not named the girls yet... our niece and nephew arrive in June, and the girls should be ladies by then, and ready for naming. We're toying with offering the kids names of women chefs, and giving them "assigning" rights, but Mike already has said we'll name the "tall, drunk one" "Julia." It's an awful joke, but we both got a good laugh out of that one. (I'll leave a sherry bottle out and see if any of them take to it.)
We had a bit of a scare yesterday -- in the morning, before we left for work, one of the Ameraucanas flew up to the edge of the tub. I had to put her back in. We left for work, figuring it was the excitement of our standing there that inspired her on her maiden flight. Alas, when we got home, we found one of the Ameraucanas and little miss Buff out of the tub, on the floor. Thankfully, the floor was warm, but I'm sure they were hungry and thirsty. And there was... bird... poop... EVERYWHERE. Frankly, I was impressed the Buff made it out, given that her little wings haven't formed as much yet, but I'm beginning to wonder if she didn't just quantum tunnel out of the tub via sheer will.
2 comments:
We're assuming, since they're all girls (and because you're planning to name them), these chicks are destined to be organic egg factories? Will you be moving them to the bedroom once they're older? And can I refer our IT group to you when they ask why my web logs show that I clicked on the "Cute young chicks" link?
-Rob.
We'll have eggs as organic as the snails and what-not they end up eating. And they're already in the bedroom! It's a matter of when they'll be big enough to send outside. Of course, there's the issue of the tub being too small for them. If they keep up these avionics, we may need to line the bedroom with newsprint and let 'em loose.
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