Chicks - 6 weeks old!

Hmm, I wonder if we should stop calling them chicks now that they are more like a "teenager". The chicks are losing most of their down feathers and the box seems rather small for them now. They are eating much more and their poo is longer !!

One of the chick seems to be sick, she keeps shaking her head still and starting gapping. We have started to clean up their home every night to keep it cleaner. For some reason, they seem to like eating their own poo.

Went to city farmers tonight to get them some sulfadimidine. Hopefully this will help them to recover from the suspected pneumonia.

Perth Royal Show 2009

Another fantastic event of the year.

I have decided not to take any pictures this year because 1. its will be raining and 2. I have decided to purely enjoy myself without have to capture everything I see.

Showbags variety is rather disappointing this year, which is good for my wallet. Only bought 3 showbags and one of them is Woman's Weekly, which is rather disappointing.

First time ever, watching fireworks in the rain. Not a warm experience but still a memorable one :)

till next year's show......

Chicks - 5 weeks and still growing!

The chicks are growing bigger and bigger each day. They are not scared of us anymore, in fact, each time I put my hand into the box, they are ready to aim and attack my hand, thinking its food.

We've added a new "toy" for the chicks. It's a carrot hanging from the top, let's see what happen in a few days time. I've also introduce kiwi fruit to them. They seem to like it so far.

Over the weekend, we went down to Busselton and got them a new feeder, for when they are in the garden and also some new "adult" food. Prices are definately cheaper.

see how big it grew!

chooks getting braver and curious too! Flew out of the box to have a look.

she's thinking "What are you looking at??"

Dear Stuart Zadel

Dear Stuart Zadel,

Well done Stuart and Team! Where should I start....?

I wasn't excited at all that I have to spent my entire weekend in a ball room listening to someone speak. I have no idea what the agenda is going to be except with the promise that it will not be a "ra-ra" show. Having to get up earlier than usual had made me cranky on Sat morning. I told Craig, " If this is crap, we should leave during the 1st break", like what we did to another speaker who held his event in the Perth Exhibition Center. Massive auditorium. Absolute overboard "ra-ra" show.

I remember you asked us to tell the person beside us why we are at your event. My first and only answer was to provide moral support for Craig. I guess that statement wasn't very impressive hey! By 10.30am I was looking at my watch at least every 1minute to see what time are you going to release us for a break as I was bloody starving! When you finally open the door to release us and let us out, Craig said, " We can leave if you want" and I replied, " Nah.....let's see what he got next".

And that changes my weekend. I shan't go into the details to bore my readers to sleep. The only thing I will say is, I am glad and grateful that I have given myself a chance and given you a chance too. I had purchase 2 programs from the weekend and I have faith that it will work for me(even though I had not started on anything yet). The one thing you said during the "Pay It Forward" night tells me I am right to give you a chance. If you want more of my type of people to stay for your event, keep it personal. If ever one day, you become famous and the demand for events grow, keep it personal. There is nothing worse than spending your time in a big auditorium with thousands of people doing "ra-ra" activities every 15minutes. Keep the audience close to your heart and the audience will always be with you.

Thank you for your stories and gifts. Wish I had won the TV though as my TV is broken.

Lastly, I don't think your lovely Mum left you..... instead she is just watching you from above now. :)

Till the next time....
J

Chicks - 4 Weeks old

My goodness!!! What a big difference from 3 weeks to 4 weeks. These hot chicks are getting bigger, fatter and smellier. They are flying around in their palace and having bigger poos!! Their diet has increase a lot too.

This week Craig feed them apple. They don't seem to like it at the beginning but if you stick their chick start on the apple, they will attack it as if they had starved for days. Weird brains.....

The chicks are also starting to get their brownish feathers, right now they look like they are having a bad hair day every single day!

I noticed one of them is shaking her head very vigorously all the time, especially when she is trying to sleep. A search on Google says she could have caught a cold or its just a normal thing. After observing a few days, it does seem like she's fine. Still pretty active and noisy.

What can I say.... my babies are turning into teens now... :)

and a couple days ago I found a poo right outside the palace!!! how on earth did it get out of the box?? did the chick aim its bottom at the hole and shit????

Chicks -New "Palace"

Craig had decided to build the chicks a new "house"....a palace where they are fly about, see the outside world and have a perch to stand on. Didn't take long to do it and the end result is stunning. Now the chicks can see us and we can see them easily. Hopefully it will increase our bonds....

cutting a hole for the lamp

chicks have move into their new home

and they are happy!

Chicks- 3 weeks old

I had forget to mention in my last week's post that the chicks were 2 weeks old. This one week had been torturing for the nose. The chicks' poo stink and they (for some reason unknown) poo into their food container and drink container. Craig had been trying to make a water dispenser and failed the 1st few times. The final one seems to work fine.

The chicks seems to be getting bigger too, they are eating lots, well..... I think they enjoy stepping on their food container and throwing the food everywhere and then going hunting for it. We also notice that they do not rest for a long period. They would sit down for about 5-10secs and starting walking around again. I have never caught them sleeping this week.

chicks resting....

I suspect this could be the naughty one....