The chicks really do look like chipmunks. We have two, which started out looking very similar, but now at about 3 months are very different. One is the biggest bird in our flock, the other is the smallest, and looks more like a pheasant.
Thanks. My son wanted them all named for Dr. Who characters, but Pepper and Cleo were named by my wife and daughter. (Martha's real name is Jones, I only call her Mayflower because she is a Barred Plymouth Rock.)
We started this coop as a family project when my daughter made friends with some stray chicks. Not really strays; a friend had brought them home from the fair, but her mean dad would not let her keep them under the bed. Since we already had seven indoor birds (Cockatiels and a Pionus), my...