Friday, April 29, 2011

Chicks vs Chickens

When do baby chickens stop being chicks and start being chickens? Hmm...



Our little ladies spent the entire day outside in the sunshine today. They really seemed to enjoy being able to run around like crazy, flying three feet in the air and having little squabbles here and there.


It was especially fun to watch the chickens interact with Fleur, our most adventurous and friendly duck. She would walk up and try to check them out and the chickens would absolutely flip out, torn between terror and territorial rage. It was pretty hilarious. 

As a quick aside, while my father (who is visiting from NH) was doing laundry yesterday he discovered Fleur had come into the house (we have to run the washer hose into the yard through the back door). Apparently while I was out tending sheep he was chasing Fleur all over the house! Hahaha. I wish I'd been in here to see it. It wasn't until later we discovered she left us a present behind one of the chairs in the living room. LOL. Never a dull moment!

2 comments:

  1. I'm getting ready to put our chicks and duckling outside. They're at that awkward-looking phase, bunch of scragamuffins :)

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  2. I'm wondering the same thing...when do chicks become chickens. Mine are about 11 weeks old now. They look like mini versions of adults. They just need to get a bit bigger.

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