We had severe thunderstorms last night, more torrential rains. It looked stormy all morning, so I didn't go out to the coop until noonish.
After I fed some grapes to the Sussex chicks I gave the Dominiques some more mush. It brings them out of the brooder on their own.
Then I put them in the main run for a brief visit with their cousins.
And then I brought them out into the sunshine!
I added a couple clumps of grass/weeds with dirt still on the roots, and the Dominiques found insects, ooh! Exciting!
When I brought the carrier back into the coop a couple of the Dominiques decided to escape, but ran into the Sussex, and got a couple pecks for their troubles. Hope a lesson was learned!
I shooed them back into the carrier, and took it over to the brooder. The brooder door was open, and the Dominiques needed little encouragement to go back inside. When I checked on them a few minutes later they were preening, huddled together on top of the MHP.
What an eventful and exhausting day for 2 week old chicks!
And the Sussex? They did their own version of a scrum...