I HAVE ONLY HAD MY CHICKS SINCE JUNE 8TH THEY WERE 2 WEEKS OLD WHEN WE GOT THEM (FOR THE GRANDBABIES SAID MY HUSBAND) LOL...THEY ARE NOW 3 VERY SPOILED BUFF ORPINGTON HENS!!! CHICKOLETTA, RAISIN, & RAPHAEL (THE GRANDBABIES NAMED THEM) THEY LIVE IN THE HOUSE AND GO OUTSIDE FOR PERIODS OF TIME SUPERVISED. THEY LOVE TO EAT CRAB MEAT AND CORN ON THE COB AS TREATS. THEY KNOW US BY SITE AND VOICE AND ACT SO EXCITED WHEN WE COME IN FROM WORK. I HAVE JUST ORDERED THEM CHICKEN DIAPER'S SO THEY CAN HAVE FREE RANGE IN THE HOUSE. THEY ARE THE SWEETEST THINGS IN THE WORLD IN THE EVENINGS AFTER DINNER THEY SPRAWL OUT AT OUR FEET WHILE WE ARE WATCHING TV....I FEEL THE LOVE & CAN SEE THEY ARE HAPPY & HEALTHY. YOU CAN SEE THE LOVE THEY HAVE FOR EACH OTHER ALSO THEY ARE ALWAYS TOGETHER. CHICKOLETTA'S FAVORITE PERCH IS ON HER DADDIES HEAD WHILE HE SITTING IN THE CHAIR, WHILE RAISIN & RAPHAEL (AND YES I KNOW IT'S A BOYS NAME BUT MY 3 YEAR OLD GRANDSON NAMED HER) LIKE LAYING IN OUR LAP. MY 5 YEAR GRANDSON NAMED HIS RAISIN AND HE SAY'S HE'S THE BEST CHICK WRANGLER THERE IS. AND CHICKOLETTA IS NAMED BY MY 2 YEAR OLD GRANDAUGHTER WHO ALSO HAS 5 CHICKS IN HER BACK YARD. IT STARTED OUT THAT WE GOT THEM FOR THE BABIE'S BUT THEY NOW ARE LOVED BY THE NANA & PAPA AND ARE A PART OF OUR FAMILY.