chick update

They grow so so fast! Many of the chicks already have little pin feathers, quickly replacing their downy sweetness with speckles and splotches. Personalities are emerging - some bold, others hyper or calm.

One died on day two. Alas, I figure that is why when you order 25 they send you 27. Still, not pleasant. I've sold all but 12, since owning 25 is beyond insane. Our lot is 1/2 an acre, not a farmstead.

Here is Chamomile. She is a mottled houdan. Sweetness. She almost died the first night, but with lots of sugar water she came around. She is still the smallest, but not really phased by those bullish Aracaunas or the flighty Fayoumis.



When she grows up, she'll look something like this.