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It's been a long month, but here we are again! My babies have turned 5 months old! Ah, and they're growing up so fast. We've already had our first squat of the group from none other than little Iddy Biddy bird! I have begun to retrain myself to refer to them as the pullets instead of the babies...

Here we go again--it's the 4-month hatch day photo op!! Since the last update, we've fully integrated into the flock without too much difficulty and, of course, we've begun to free-range! I still catch these naughty pullets down the driveway about once a day, but we're getting the hang of it...

Holy cow, I just typed the entire post and my screen twitched and erased the whole thing. :he Well... Long story short, the babies are 3 months old! We are no longer peeping! I hear the babies honking, making a raspy sound, and making adorable little high-pitched clucks! As far as other...

How about a mid-month update? School has started, I've finished one week of 16 total now. I didn't have much homework this week, so I got a larger area fenced off for the chookies, about triple what they had before. It's hard to tell from this pic, but the bottom edge is where the fence used to...

The babies are 2 months old today!! (Beware: Many pictures await!) Life is good in the new digs. The little ladies have been flying, scratching, exploring, and meeting their soon-to-be flock mates. Some tend to ignore them, but many others seek to assert their dominance--and they're far too...

It's been a few days, but not to worry--all is well! Today, we were upgraded from our little 4x8 pen to a much larger area sectioned off from the big girls' run. (I'm estimating it's about 8x16.) The fence at the back of this pic is the wall of the run. I added all the chicken wire seen here to...

I was super-duper busy today building a new addition to the Guinea fowl pen, so I didn't get individual pictures of the little ones for their 8-week hatchday. I'll be sure to, though, for their 2-month hatch day on the 11th. :) Ah, my sweet babies... This morning, I woke up to light in my...

Despair, for this could be our last night inside! Okay, so the little ladies don't really know of their most assuredly devastating move from their night-time roost in my room to the one I'm preparing in the big-girl coop, but I sure do. If all goes according to plan, this could be the last...

No pictures tonight! I was much too busy! We had a DOWNPOUR. While the chookie-pies were out, too! (I, uh... I hesitate to call them chicks anymore. :D ) Anyway, it was a full on storm. Round about 7 pm, it was as dark as it usually gets by close to 9 pm. I, of course, was silently freaking...

Don't say that too loudly! ;) Actually, while Fancy acts the part of the diva, SWSSU kind of stays mostly out of the limelight. I guess it's kind of nice for her to be noticed, too. :D Personally, I can't decide who's prettiest of this lot. I just adore them! Anyways, I spoke to my mom and...

7 weeks old already? Where did the past few days go..? Anyway, as I have been delving deep into finishing some building projects, I haven't had much time to spend with the babies. Today I made some time, though, for 7 week old pictures! Frou-frou, darling ball of fluff. Frou'f always runs...

What I woke up to see this morning. :love Frou-frou, Biddy, SWSSU, Pip, and Fancy--a whole lotta cute!

Last night, when the chicks were brought in for bed, I set up their little roost and I was about to leave when I noticed Pip giving 'the look'. I could tell she was not going to stay in the brooder for long after I left, so I hung around a bit and waited for her to make her move. She flew for...

(Ha! Naw, she seemed more like a budgie (or maybe a Guinea fowl) in chicken's clothing! She's so scared of everything new!) We are 6 WEEKS OLD today!! We've gotten outside the past few days in a row, and we've had our second night in the dark last night! We're seeming more and more like real...

We got outside today, and guess what? Frou-frou is really for real a chicken! :ya Today, I decided to let them have a good long time outside, but I had things to do, so it was their first time outside without me. Frou-frou had her usual panic attack as I removed her from the box, so I tipped...

Sorry for lack of updates the past few days! We finally got rain (and lots of it in a short amount of time!), so I have a ton of clean up to do outside--mucky enclosures, spilled feed molding, mud splashed up onto things... On top of that, we have a Guinea enclosure to finish and some...

Today: We're 5 weeks old today! ...Unfortunately, it was close to 100 outside and I didn't think I could stand to take them out today, so I only have a few pictures today. Fancy had her leg band changed today. She REALLY didn't want to give up her orange one, and so she was flipping out the...

Yesterday: The chicks were outside again for a little longer than the last two times. I cleaned up and moved a bigger, sturdier, 4x8 foot pen to a nice grassy spot, and the chicks quite enjoyed all the space. With some moral support, Frou-frou seemed to be coping with the great outdoors...

We had another playtime outside today! Frou-frou was unhappy about being subjected to the outside world again. She made that quite clear in the looks she kept shooting me. We were visited by one of the oldest hens in the flock, Easter-egger Cub. Cub showed us some preening techniques...

Phew--long day! After starting to build a new enclosure for my Guinea fowl and going to visit my aunt (which took longer than I was promised, but it was alright), I finally got the chance to take the babies outside for the first time! They were pretty calm as I moved them to the box I used for...