Chickies, Chickies, Chickies!! Meet the new additions! (Pic heavy!)

[cluckcluckluke]

Good morning, everyone! Here is the morning greeting from Hika Ma:






...And from Po, too!

(Notice the surprised look Roha gives Po when he crowed?

Goofy bird!)

I am sorry but Po has the FUNNIEST crow ever, he breathes in and it looks like it's going to be like Hika's crow, then it comes out like a little high pitched girl!!
I am sorry Po, but you are just to funny

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Well, at least he's cute, right?



Anyway, it looks like I've created a monster--so to speak, I mean. Margaret is lonely, and I'm basing that belief on the fact that she pretty much just sits in the corner of her pen closest to the door to the house until she either sees someone come out into the garage with her or she hears someone talking through the other door of the garage. With that in mind, I decided to eat my supper of spaghetti and tomato sauce out in the garage with her so that she wasn't so alone at least for a little while.

Margie was fine with that and got up to do her usual scratching around while I sat at a work bench nearby and ate. Then, she noticed that I was eating and she looked at me, and, well, she does have a cute face... So I gave her a bit of spaghetti noodle to try. She ate the noodle down like nothing and then stood at the door of her pen the rest of the time I was out there, waiting for me to give her more bits of noodle. The spoiling has only just begun.


The other little ladies and gentlemen will be 11 weeks old tomorrow, so be ready for pictures! I don't know if they've changed much visually, but they sure do seem BIGGER than last week!

 

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The youngsters are 11 weeks old today!! While I was out with them, but before I took pictures, I set up a way for them to go in and out of their pen without letting the big girls in (except the bantams, of course. You'll see it in the background of a couple of these pictures, namely Po's and I think Whiri's as well. Basically, it's welded wire fence with small openings cut in it. It may seem small, but I did test it. Whiri, the largest of the pullets, can fit through, so I know the rest can as well. Anyway, onward!

Hika Ma the jerk:

Huka (she was giving me pointers on my photography techniques, I guess):

Ihi (who was also talking, but most likely about how indignant she was that I bothered her):

Po baby the adorable!

Rangi the magnificent!

Roha (I LOVE this picture of her!):

Tiwhiri the beautiful!

Oh, and Marama. Well, Marama was difficult today. The best side shot I got of her was her hunched over the feeder:

She did, however, take a nice picture from the front, which I think will do for her 11 week picture.

 

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Lookie! Po baby standing guard over 'his' flock! How adorable is that?

Huka was very interested in the camera today.

Ihi drinking. Her face was too funny not to share.

Ihi the jungle bird:

I just liked this picture of Roha.

 

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Look at these lazy 'teenager' chickens!

Rangi perched:

Rangi plopped

Roha and Whiri:

Rangi and Huka:

Roha with a sweet face

Rangi and Marama poking at something

 

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And some pictures of Margaret the Birthday Silkie, just because.

Blending into her bedding:

Oh, hey, there's a camera in here!

Such a pretty face, and I love her eyes...

 

[cluckcluckluke]

Yes, Po is cute!!!!

Pip, your little flock are great, there plumage is so sleek and clean and so are their legs. They just look wonderful!!

 

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Aw, thanks!


Lookie! Roha next to one of the big girls, my beloved blue splash Marans, Frou-Frou! She didn't even seem to notice that Roha was there! (Sorry for the bad quality, it's a cell phone picture. )

So I left Roha and Rangi on the perches, since no one else really wanted to cooperate with that idea. Hope all turns out well in the morning!

 

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me to good luck

 

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what color variety is your silkie