Bigger Chickie Chook Chooks

We have had the chooks for 2 weeks and they have grown into feathered things. Only Chippie has much down left. They spend the nights indoors under the heat lamp but most of the day they are outdoors in their coop. We have yet to update the latches with racoon proof versions but other than that and another 10 degrees of heat overnight, we think they will do well there.

They are [from left] Chippie (an Americauna), Sylvia (a light brahma) and Ruby (a rhode island red). Chippie is by far the smallest of the three. We estimate that Chippie is now 2.5 weeks old and the others are about 2 weeks older. Its hard to know exactly because Chippie will be around 5lbs fully grown while Sylvia could be a 9lb chicken.



They love being outdoors but we have to be careful of the cats until they are larger. The cat (our remaining pet) and the Bad Kitty who lives over the back fence (aka Neighbor Kitty, New Kitty or That Cat) both like to hunt them through the fence as they run around cheeping. Happily, as time passes the chickens are becoming bored with the cats and react far less to their presence. They are much more excited by dust baths and invisible particles which they peck from the dirt.