Chick update

I took these photos on Friday, when the chicks were three weeks old:

Since then we’ve had to secure netting across the top of their enclosure to stop them from flying out and getting lost in the garage. It’s still much too cold for them to go outside, though (we had frost last night that looks like it got my grapes!) even if the coop was built, which it’s not.

They are all eating and drinking well, and really enjoying the greens (clover, grass, and dandelion) I cut for them. Most of them now eat the greens first before starting in on the grain. And they’re starting to get their beautiful adult plumage, though I haven’t seen any signs of a comb on any of them yet.

So I will need to figure out how to rig taller ‘walls’ on their enclosure for the next couple of weeks until they’re ready to move outdoors.

And in Dog News, Carter’s doing well too. He only has his splint on for his daily off-leash run in the back fields now. He’s walking (well, limping) on his bad leg most of the time in the house – which is a big improvement over a week ago when he was still hopping around on three legs in the house most of the time. Hopefully within another week or so, the muscles and tendons will be strong enough for him to go without the splint entirely.