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Ok, finally decided to download my pictures off my camera and of course I had more chickie pics on there, so I figured I'd share a few again...
^^^ "... It's an ancient Chinese art, and everybody knew their part. From a faint into a slip, and a kickin' from the hip! Everybody was Kung Fu fighting! [Hi'ya!]... "
We had a surprisingly very warm day last week, so I let the babies out for a bit. Their first time outside (and not really quite sure what to do with themselves):
^^^ "I hope they don't notice me inching over..."
^^^ "Ok, can't resist any longer! Must count, sniff, and attempt to give kisses to each and everyone of them!"
It got a bit colder later on in the week, so the closest to outside they got was in our mud room:
^^^ They finally learned to trust me and take food from me. I may not be their "mom" like I was to my first set of chicks, but I am definitely their "YAY! Super-awesome treat lady!"
And now for the more recent.... They are getting U-G-L-Y!!!! I have no idea what to classify them as - birds? rabbits? hairless rat? LOL! They're 'preteen' stage definitely is not a good look on them - talk about shabby:
And just for the sake of saying this - ALL of them are coming in white. I really thought I might have some different color birds... (well 2 white, a buff, and maybe a really light self-blue), but no... Anything they can do to make things harder on me
I guess I'll just have to tell them apart by looking at their feet, lol.
I know I have one bearded for sure, the other three, I'm not so sure about - they seemed to have gotten a lot less "puffy-faced" these past few weeks (unless the other one is just overly puffy - ?).
It's hard to tell for sure right now, but I've also noticed that 2 seem to have pea combs and 2 have some sort of raised comb...
I know my chicks are FAR from what's ideal/standard for the silkie breed, but I still love them to death. They are so much fun to have around!
^^^ "... It's an ancient Chinese art, and everybody knew their part. From a faint into a slip, and a kickin' from the hip! Everybody was Kung Fu fighting! [Hi'ya!]... "
We had a surprisingly very warm day last week, so I let the babies out for a bit. Their first time outside (and not really quite sure what to do with themselves):
^^^ "I hope they don't notice me inching over..."
^^^ "Ok, can't resist any longer! Must count, sniff, and attempt to give kisses to each and everyone of them!"
It got a bit colder later on in the week, so the closest to outside they got was in our mud room:
^^^ They finally learned to trust me and take food from me. I may not be their "mom" like I was to my first set of chicks, but I am definitely their "YAY! Super-awesome treat lady!"
And now for the more recent.... They are getting U-G-L-Y!!!! I have no idea what to classify them as - birds? rabbits? hairless rat? LOL! They're 'preteen' stage definitely is not a good look on them - talk about shabby:
And just for the sake of saying this - ALL of them are coming in white. I really thought I might have some different color birds... (well 2 white, a buff, and maybe a really light self-blue), but no... Anything they can do to make things harder on me
I know I have one bearded for sure, the other three, I'm not so sure about - they seemed to have gotten a lot less "puffy-faced" these past few weeks (unless the other one is just overly puffy - ?).
It's hard to tell for sure right now, but I've also noticed that 2 seem to have pea combs and 2 have some sort of raised comb...
I know my chicks are FAR from what's ideal/standard for the silkie breed, but I still love them to death. They are so much fun to have around!
