2-ish Months Old

The chicks moved out of their little cage and into a cage 4 times the size of the original one.  At that time, they also moved out of the kitchen and into the garage because they got smelly and messy!  I didn't capture any photos during that time (!!!), but now all the chickies are in the coop and look like big girls. 

 "CHIRP" (Americauna)

 "LORA" (Buff Brahma)

"SHASTA" (Delaware)

"ROOSTER" (Male Salmon Faverolle... oops!)

 "KELLY" (Welsummer)      

 

"SISSY" (Sussex)

 "JIM BOB" (Americauna... we may not keep the name but we like the it for now)

 

 

The big shocker of the day came when the chick we thought was the Brahma turned out to be the Salmon Faverolle and the one we thought was a Salmon Faverolle looked identical to a Buff Brahma, so I guess we had the chicks confused.  Lora's name (when we thought she was the Salmon Faverolle for the past 2 months) is supposed to be a feminine version of Lorax, the cute Dr. Seuss character with a mustache.  Salmon Faverolle's have little mustaches, but since she's a Brahma, she's missing the mustache but is keeping her name.  The one we thought was the Brahma is actually a male Salmon Faverolle.  The females are salmon colored but the males have darker feathers.  You can see that Rooster has lots of dark feathers, including the typical rooster's iridescent green-black tail feathers.  Supposedly they are very sweet roosters, but we won't be able to keep him once he starts crowing.  So far he still has a baby chirp though he's the most quiet of tall the chicks.  

A lot of Rooster's behaviors are making sense now.  We thought he was less-than-intelligent but it turns out while all the other chicks learned to roost on the low and then the high bars in the coop, he was still sleeping on the floor to better protect his flock from predators.  And the reason he stays back when I'm giving the girls scratch is because he's saving the best for them.  What a gentle-roo!

We are really enjoying the chickens.  Kelly and Shasta still seem to be the most people friendly, though Sissy is also quite friendly.  Lora is the most entertaining though.  She likes to run through the coop without a plan for where she's going... just aimless.