Last ThursdayThis week, the chicks are cream coloured fluff balls with brown, black and white wings. In fact, they are more chicken than chick now.
This morning, TuesdayWe've also noticed a few new habits with the sprouting of wings.
Preening - they preen regularly and follow their mother whenever she does
Wing flapping and stretches - if you watch them for more than 5 minutes, you'll catch someone in action
Flying - They are lifting to about 6 inches off the ground, on average, and I saw one fly to about 1 foot in response to the overhead sounds of a low flying jet from the nearby naval air base. They are able to fly onto their mother's back with ease. However, as they get heavier, it is increasingly apparent that she doesn't want them riding on her back anymore, and she lowers her back and wiggles until they tumble off. I had no idea that this circus act would be so shortlived.
A namesake
The first 10 people to post a comment on Suburban Chicken will have a chick named after them. The clock starts now.
5 comments:
Louise,
Please name one Angie. I really enjoy seeing the transformation!!
Susan
Clearly Emlyn needs a chick named after her!!!!! We can't wait to meet the sweet babies!
Maybe you can name one after one of Donna's many pet names for me. How about Scooter? Somehow "little worm" and "little dirty birdy head" don't seem to fit the situation. I am not so creative with nicknames, if you'd like to name one for Donna.. you can use Annie (Donna's middle name).
-Janet
Hey you two, it's Kris. Can you name a chick after Kathleen? kthxbye.
Millie would like to have one named after her (although what she really said was she'd like to eat one, but I talked her into this instead).
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