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

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It's a rainy day, so I decided against taking the babies outside. We're gonna work on a more secure enclosure to put them outside in so that I don't have to worry so much about little kitties. :/

Here are the ones that actually posed.

Hika Ma, the big man of the brooder:

Huka, who looked elegant right up until her mutton-chop-esque facial feathers came in.

Marama:

Rangi, making herself at home on my bed, of course.

Whiri, looking prettier and prettier every day.

And some little ball of fluff that's been wandering around the brooder lately. Oh wait, that's Po!

 

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Hika Ma's manly comb:

Ihi, with some concern about the thing I've pointed at her:

Po baby! Look at those feet!

Another Roha derpface. This is one derpy little bird, I've noticed!

Marama and Ihi, partners in crime!

Having a race from the back of the brooder to their playtime space. Marama's in the lead, with Ihi close behind!

That's all for pictures. I was spending more time adoring them than taking pictures today.

 

[TehLizardKing]

So cute! Omg omg omg....look at this!

Huka, who looked elegant right up until her mutton-chop-esque facial feathers came in.

wow... posh English dude looks just like Huka. Well done for getting the babes out of the way of those cats... I am sad to say that cats, along with cleg flies and mink, are the only animals I truly despise. Mainly from my experience of finding a hole in the bottom of the aviary, with 8 zebrafinches, four fan-tail doves, and a rescued coot lying dead on the floor...

 

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Oh my goodness, they could be twins!


Yeah, these cats have definitely not been getting enough to eat and I absolutely do not trust them out there with the chicks. Oh, I should mention that there are 4 kittens and the mother cat showed up--and the fine folks in my family have decided to start feeding them! Yippee, they're going to stick around. So basically, I have to be out there the entire time the chicks are outside if I want them to remain safe because I don't have anywhere more secure to put them while they're out. :/


Oh, and I have tons and tons of pictures of the chickies, but I've been lazy about getting them off my camera, so...

 

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Some things never change...

 

[Whittni]

They are really cute!

 

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These pictures are from Sunday, when the babies turned 5 weeks old!

Hika Ma, the big man of the brood:

Huka, little diva:

Ihi, who has just the sweetest face.

Marama the Spastic!

Po, my little man!

Rangi!!!:

Roha, clumsy and derpish child:

Tiwhiri the young beauty:

 

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Hika Ma enjoying the greenery:

Huka (and Marama behind her) on a low grape vine:

Po baby--look at his litle wattles!

Rangi and Hika Ma. Their faces just make me laugh in this picture.

 

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This was actually right before the last picture in my last post. Rangi, trying to pull a burr off of a plant.

Rangi, master of camouflage?

Roha on a grape vine. Not sure what happened with the lighting in this picture, but I liked her expression.

Roha, Whiri, and Rangi:

Whiri

 

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And these pictures are from Monday:

The boys, trying to be tough.

Ihi, climbing a grape vine:

Little Po again.