Chicken Update -

The chickens are now four months old. In honor of their birthday and larger size, I recruited a friend to come over and help me clip their wings so that they could safely roam and range throughout the backyard (I didn't want them 'flying the coop' and ending up over the fence in the neighbor-with-the-scary-bulldog's backyard).

As a tiny flock, they cautiously began exploring this wide, new territory.

They are excellent at completely cleaning up under the bird feeders (no more errant sunflowers and millet plants).

They also *lurve* the french sorrel -

This is Pearl - one of my supposed Blue Laced Wyandottes... erm, yeah... Don't know *what* she is, but I don't think blue lace comes much into it... She *is* rather wyandotte shaped, contrasting neck feathers and blunt-tailed, but doesn't have the feather lacing.

This is Jet, the other 'Blue Lace' - ha! I don't think think she could look any more like a common barred rock. There are wyandotte versions of this, but not with this comb or body shape. I'm totally unimpressed with the chick-typing at the feed store.

And this is Jasper - the Americauna (the blue-green egg laying type). She is a hoot - literally. She is constantly vocalizing. A very chatty bird. All three are very sweet and are doing their absolute best to eat every insect in the backyard.

Wyandotte wannbe, Pearl, has absolutely the most fluffy chicken bum possible! It resembles a fluffy, downy pillow.

They are ridiculously gratifying to watch out the studio window. The only thing that would make it better would be to have several more. (maybe next year).

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