Excellent! How exciting, coop and the new chicks in a week!!!
Our girls put themselves to bed tonight all on their own. As I was cleaning up for dinner I looked at the time- 8:56 and asked the husband if he thought 9 o'clock was a good bedtime. He told me just to wait and see if they did it on their own. It was only their second full day in the run and we just added the rungs to the chicken door ramp. At 9:10 I looked out and the run was empty and I see Amelia in the coop window up on the perch. So we both went out, did a head count, closed the chicken door, locked up and said goodnight. It's a glorious thing not having to chase them! Such big girls now.
In other news today Baby Buff, my snuggly girl is apparently quite possessive of me. I wanted to bond with some of the other girls who have been getting more skittish in the last month and after I let Victoria the Dorking hop of my lap, Baby pecked her. Then later when I had Clara the EEon my lap Baby hopped up onto my knee and tried to start pecking her, I kept blocking her. She didn't come near when I had Morgaine the BCM on my lap though, Morgaine pecks both Baby and Amelia over treats though. Sigh. I was starting to wonder if Baby is more snuggly with me because she is at the bottom of the pecking order or if she is at the bottom of the pecking order because she is so snuggly with me. Of course both could just be because she's an Orpington.
