The chicks are still eating and sleeping a lot, but have started to show a bit more interest in their surroundings. The weather is warmer, so yesterday and today I turned off the heat lamp during the day, so they have the Electric Hen (EH)for warmth. We're waiting for the nights to be warmer so we can stop using the lamp altogether, and just rely on the EH.
Their wingtips are continuing to develop...
..and some of them have almost fully formed (but tiny) wings:
We cleaned them out again today. We also did bottom inspections, only a few needed attention. However, we also did feet inspection (which we didn't do on Saturday and I now wish we had), and that took a while. Fortunately the weather outside is glorious, so we could sit on the grass and do them one by one. The Chicks got to do a bit of sunbathing, which was great, and a couple of them had a go at dustbathing.
Their wingtips are continuing to develop...
Edited to add:
We cleaned them out again today. We also did bottom inspections, only a few needed attention. However, we also did feet inspection (which we didn't do on Saturday and I now wish we had), and that took a while. Fortunately the weather outside is glorious, so we could sit on the grass and do them one by one. The Chicks got to do a bit of sunbathing, which was great, and a couple of them had a go at dustbathing.
