Chickens 9 weeks old

Feisty. She has a dark brown beak. She doesn't stand still so Craig has to hold on to her to get a snap shot.

Sickie. She still has some little down feather on her neck. Lately she has been gaping and when she does that, her throat shiver as well. We went to get some poulty dust and poulty dewormer from the pet store for them. Not sure if their head shaking is caused by mites and lice but it is a suspected cause.

 Timid. She is the smallest among the three of them. And she doesn't have a brown beak or down feathers on her neck, so that is how we identify her. Timid, as her name says is always the following the crowd and whenever there's treat, like bread given to them, she will have her food snatched from her beak. Poor girl bullied by her sisters.

We are almost done with the chook pen. I have painted the exterior of the pen and Craig had finish one side of the pen's door. It will be hinged on the top and it will be a "lift-out" door. The section further away in the picture will be the chicks roaming area and on the rear end will be their nesting area. Spot the little square door which acts as the opening way.

Trust me, it's very hard work builting your own chook pen but its very satisifying as well. We are left with the one door to built, put in the wheels for mobility and stick in the perch, close it up with wire and we are all done (I think!). Hopefully you will get to see the end result in next week's post.

Chickens - 8 weeks and 2nd Big Day Out (plus Videos!)

Today we have capture the chickens roaming and post it online. You will be able to see it shortly below. It seems like the chickens are having better poo shape and color (hard and dark) after a run outside their palace. Craig is also busy with the chook pen. It's starting to take some shape but there's more work to be done.

The chickens are getting fatter as well. Right now I can identify them and hence they are called Timid, Sickie and Feisty!!

PIXAR Movie 'UP'

We went to watch the movie this morning at Hoytes Cannington. Love watching movies at hours where there's the least crowd.

I am an absolute fan of PIXAR movies and once again, PIXAR has not disappoint me at all. The movie UP is a touching, funny and meaningful additional to the great movies PIXAR had done. It tells the story of how an old man failed to realise his beloved wife's dreams when she was still alive and one day, decided to go for it. He floats his entire house on balloons and went after the promise he made to his wife who had passed away. I shall not give away too much because this movie is definately worth seeing. (In the cinemas!)

Moral of the story I had learnt is that you will find true happiness when you finally learn to let go.

To PIXAR: Well done again!

Chickens Big Day Out!

Today the chicks are 7 weeks old and we decide to let them have some fun in the garden. So we cut their wings to stop them from flying over the fences and release them into the garden. At first they seems confused with the open and stood there motionless for a couple of minutes. One decide to move and explore and the rest followed along. Soon they were enjoying themselves and happily roaming around the entire garden. The chicks get a taste of "wild food" such as leaves and millipedes.

The chicks are getting big for their palace and Craig is working hard to build them a BIGGER palace!!

Unfortunately my camera is not working well so I couldn't capture the chicks big day out in videos. But here are some pictures taken with my SLR.

Craig trying to lure the chicks with a catapilla

chicks bums!