monday morning
Last night I started a routine of taking the chicks out of their box for "exercise time" while I do their box refreshing. I put in fresh water, add more pine shavings and clean the poop out of their food tray and add more food to it twice a day. I was just leaving them all in the box while I did that but they always get scared for some reason when I add the fresh litter so I thought today I would just bring them all out and let them get some exercise while I did it. I put a sheet of newspaper down and put a "baby cake" in the middle of it. They really enjoy pecking on the baby cake. (I just love saying baby cake.) It's like a molasses block for baby chicks - supposed to give them foraging exercise. They seem to spend most their time over there and do their pooping on the newspaper - if I'm lucky.
Busy chicks. They like to run and flap their wings as they go.
Running all around exploring. They did play the xylophone a little bit this morning - one of the Sussex chicks likes it best.
I think this is Wings. Wings might end up being my favorite - she is so brave and friendly. Yesterday she flew over onto the sink and as I was bending over the box she jumped onto my back. Then when I stood up she climbed up to my shoulder. Wish I had got a picture of that.
And a photo of my favorite breakfast right now - tea with almond milk, egg salad on naan bread with my pills and gummy vitamins (cause I have a hard time taking big pills and because they taste good).
It rained most all of yesterday but this morning the sun is out and it looks like a beautiful day. Biking with Candy today on the Sandy Creek trail.
Busy chicks. They like to run and flap their wings as they go.
Running all around exploring. They did play the xylophone a little bit this morning - one of the Sussex chicks likes it best.
I think this is Wings. Wings might end up being my favorite - she is so brave and friendly. Yesterday she flew over onto the sink and as I was bending over the box she jumped onto my back. Then when I stood up she climbed up to my shoulder. Wish I had got a picture of that.
And a photo of my favorite breakfast right now - tea with almond milk, egg salad on naan bread with my pills and gummy vitamins (cause I have a hard time taking big pills and because they taste good).
It rained most all of yesterday but this morning the sun is out and it looks like a beautiful day. Biking with Candy today on the Sandy Creek trail.