December 19, 2006
Chook Update
Our four chooks have been free-ranging for a couple of weeks and are now confident enough to have taken over almost all of the backyard. They have also been grazing (is that what chooks do?) over my vegetable gardens without harming any of the seedlings. The volume of chook-poo in the backyard is such that it is only ocasionally even noticeable so that is working out alright as well. After all they are only wee little things.
They all seem to be growing quite a bit which is good and they are noticeably a group of four now whereas earlier they were very much two pairs. The size difference between them (one pair is a week younger than the other) is also less noticeable. I think they may be 10 and 11 weeks old? Can't really remember.
They all have quite distinctive personalities and these are also developing and becoming more pronounced as they get older and as the group dynamics settle.
Thus, below we have Floortje,(the top photo), and Bluey. Bluey was quite red when we got her and is a lesson in not-naming-your-chooks-too-early, or at least not after colours. As you can see she is not very 'Blue' now. Bluey is the most adventurous and inquisitive of the four. She is the only one prepared to wander of without the pack and go exploring and the last to follow the rest of them.
Floortje, the white one with the black flecks is a real madam. She has the most extravagent feet and tail feathers and is exceptionally gorgeous and carries herself as glamourosly as a chook can. Other than the way she looks she's a bit boring really.
I'll tell you about the other two once I've got some decent photos.
Posted by Faith