Another week down the line and the chickens are maturing quickly! Their combs are now starting to grow and look slightly more red. Hopefully this means the girls are getting closer to laying.



The girls will come when you approach the run.



It is easy to hand feed them raisins!

The chucks are settling in nicely

It was 2 weeks ago today that we brought the chickens home. They are now 17 weeks old. No eggs yet, which is to be expected. The girls have grown quite a bit, but don't look like they will be laying soon. Their combs are still small and very light pink. Their personalities are starting to really show through. Snowy is crazy and seems to like winding the other girls up. Nugget, on the other side, doesn't seem to be very bright (even for a chicken!). We have found they all love blueberries, raisins and raspberries. Once you arrive with the blueberries it is a quick scrabble for the treats! Nugget, unfortunately, doesn't seem to grasp that she needs to get the treat quickly and that running around the pen with it in her beak results in her loosing out to a faster chicken! Within a week they were able to be hand-fed and now as soon as you go outside they are up to the edge of the run following you around. They are certainly more confident!

Today I attempted to get a few macro shots. The issue is that the girls are now so interested in you that they get far too close and it is difficult to get good shots!

Lilly



Kiev



Snowy



Nugget