Today was a routine day for the chicks. It’s amazing the rate at which they’re growing. They’re eating and pooping more. They are stretching their legs and arms and necks, which are all notably larger. Their wings are increasingly covered by regular feathers already. Tonight they’re starting to show loose tail down and a wee bit of normal feather tail peaking out, especially when the stretch and point their tail out.
There are couple notable changes in behavior today. The little chickies are acting more like hens, scratching the ground, pecking the ground and starting to assert and peck each other even a little. And on occasion they’re sitting like a hen, as opposed to falling asleep and slow motion falling over forwards onto their faces and sleeping with their arms splayed out at their sides. They’re also preening themselves a lot, which makes sense given the extent to which their subbing out the down for feather.
The Rhode Island Red took a nap in Jenn’s lap.
