I am so happy to report that our chicks are doing great! They are starting to grow their feathers and getting bigger. We are pretty sure we have one rooster and the others are hens.
How do we know that?!
Well, a good friend of mine (who has a friend that raises chickens) says that the hens produce their tail feathers first... roosters don't. So, you'll see from my pictures and videos that we have 6 chicks with tail feathers growing and one without. He also looks more like a rooster the way he's build and how he acts. So exciting!!
We've been keeping them in a movable chicken wire cage that my dad build for the first two-three weeks. We were going to keep them in there for another week, but they all got out yesterday and were happily roaming around. Obviously they changed that plan :o) They doing wonderful. Now I just need to be patience because I want fresh eggs NOW! LOL!
We've been feeding them huge juicy grubs and earthworms. They LOVE the grubs and we never fail to find a goldmine of them around the property. Today Naomi shared her banana with Molly, basically Molly would peck at it and then Naomi would have a bite... then she would let Molly peck at it some more and so on. It was pretty funny. All of them love the kefir, kraut, oatmeal and fruits we give them. Oh yeah, these guys get good food :o)
Enjoy the pictures (click on them for larger pictures) and video!!
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