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

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Today, the babies are 11 months old!! e (And Margaret will be 1 year old toward the middle / end of the month. )

So since spring is here and my head has started hurting as a result of all the flowers blooming, I was grumpy. And the girls were not cooperating this morning for their pictures, of course. The only ones that wanted to cooperate were not the ones I needed to get pictures of, and of course, they walk right up and plant themselves between me and the desired subject of the pictures. I twice ended up with a bird on my shoulder while I was crouched getting pictures. First Wynne, an older Easter-egger, and then Huka, of all birds! Then at last, I was so sick of fighting with them that when Rangi wasn't cooperating, I said, "Will you hold still for 2 seconds?!" And to my surprise, she did! Which helped my mood significantly. I at last got all the pictures I needed, and spent some time with the girls afterward. (I was feeling kind of bad for grumping at them--not that I yelled or anything, but I kept having to push the older girls out of the way and all they wanted was some attention. D: ) Finally, it's almost dusk and here I am uploading the pictures I took hours ago. Phew!

Okay, here we go. The young ladies (and Mr. Po)!

Huka Kairakau:

Ihi--as you can see, I could only get a clear picture of her when she was drinking.

Marama! The sun caused some sort of foggy effect here, but I kind of liked how it turned out anyway.

Miss Rangi, who's apparently good at following directions.

Roha with her tail all fanned:

My beautiful Whiri:

And the big man of the flock (so to speak ), Po:

 

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Okay, here's a few more pictures of the girls.

Huka, beautiful even with bushy eyebrows.

Ihi--gluggurgleglug!

Marama!

Rangi looking sweet.

Roha, puffed out and enjoying the sun on her feathers:

Whiri's just so pretty!

Po, who was trying to attract the girls with an invisible treat. Caught in the act!

 

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Not a great picture, but here's the youngsters in their little clubhouse (Sora's in there, too). This is a brush pile that I propped up just enough that they could fit underneath. Apparently, it's a hit!

Marama says peace out!

Po! He's so shiny!

Poor Rangi and her half-wattle. D:

And because I kind of forgot ( ), here are Margie's pictures.

She was grumpy because she wanted to lay an egg behind the fan I have running in the addition, of all places!

Looking for somewhere else to lay, because I guess the nests just won't do!

Miss bright eyes.

And, well, here's the end for now. Marge has such a fluffy bottom!

 

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They are all so beautiful!! What breed is Whiri again? She is lovely!

 

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Aw, the girls say thanks! Whiri is a Light Brown Leghorn, and I agree, she is just gorgeous!



Today was their first birthday, which means... *sniff* My babies are all grown up! I have party pictures and everything, but first, here are the birthday girls!

Huka:

Ihi:

Marama:

Rangi:

Roha:

Whiri:

And Margie, who is actually a little older than the others, but she sort of belongs with them! She's a broody-brood, though, so she's in jail right now.

Mr. Po sat out the party because he's been a menace to the girls lately (see poor Rangi and her tattered feathers!), so I didn't get any pictures of him, unfortunately.


I'm getting more pictures ready now!

 

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Here are the birthday girls in all their glory! I added some personality traits so I can compare them to their younger days.

Huka, the quirky one. Huka likes to give me attention (AKA peck my legs and back), but doesn't like to receive my attention in return.

Ihi, the goofy one. She has the silliest expressions and the funniest voice. Oh, and I swear to you, she teleports sometimes!

Marama, the sassy one. Marama's not afraid to tell me off if she feels wronged! Whenever I pick her up, she prods me in the shoulder until I put her back down!

Rangi, the meek one. Poor Rangi gets picked on. Even so, she's a sweetie and loves attention. She has developed a 'bawk button'--whenever she's perched or in the nest and I touch her back, she goes, 'buh-GAWK!'

Roha the ham. Roha will take attention in any way, shape, or form. She comes running to me for attention. She gets mad when I give attention to anyone else. She just really likes attention.

Whiri, the shy one. Whiri does not want anything to do with me. She is sweet, and so pretty, but flees if I'm even anywhere near her. Oh, well.

Party pictures are next!

 

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Their birthday cake, complete with pepper seed sprinkles! The 'cake' is actually a hollowed out watermelon half filled with diced bell peppers, cucumbers, and apples, and topped with a little bit of plain yogurt.

I also made party favors--hollowed apples with yogurt, peppers, and cucumbers.

Of course, the cake was a hit--but none of the little ones got in on it at first!

Finally, Ihi barged in, but she was the only one brave enough of the birthday girls.

Nothing like gargling your cake.

Rangi and Roha worked on the party favors instead, and Huka stole the cucumbers off the top of them.

Unfortunately, it rained at their party, so I didn't get any further pictures. :/ But Whiri and Marama worked on the cake when they could dart in past the big girls. Margie and Po both got their own little chunk of the party favors, but Marge was much too busy trying to find her way out of the broody pen and Po was too busy trying to attract the girls over, so neither of them really partook of their snacks.

Anyway, with that done, I guess that's the end of this board. In exactly one week, the new babies will arrive, and I'll have to make a new thread for them. How exciting!

 

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Aww I will be sad when this closes! I have enjoyed seeing your pictures!!

 

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Aw, well I'll probably have another thread for the new babies. I like documenting their growth like this. It's amazing to go back and look through this thread now that these girls are fully grown and all!

Or maybe I'll just make a picture thread for my flock. That seems to be a popular thing to do right now, and I always have an abundance of pictures of the girls with nowhere to really share them. Anyway, the new babies come on Monday, so at the very least, there'll be a new thread by then!

 

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Yay!!! What kinds?