PinkComb is still with us. Several times a day I've been picking him up, bringing him in, and giving him a drink from a syringe. Up until yesterday, he drank every time. I've also been massaging his crop, as I think he has a bit of a blockage.
Yesterday he didn't want to drink from the syringe, and he seemed quite perky.
I'll keep an eye on him, of course.
It's now easier to tell who is a boy and who is a girl. If the 6 black chicks, PinkComb BlackRing and OrangeRing are boys; purple ring is a girl; I'm not sure about RedRing and PinkRing. Of the others, Brownie is a boy, Number 6 may be a girl (although that might be wishful thinking), and Penguin...well, I'm not sure.
Penguin, Number 6 and Purple Ring spend a lot of time together.
Black Ring, the least hand tame, likes to climb on the coop and then fly out of the run.
They don't look like chicks now, they all look like tiny chickens.
Back in the Big Girls coop, Poppy has given up being broody. She has been out for a couple of days, and is being completely vile to Faye. I'm guessing that Poppy has slipped down the pecking order to fourth, and doesn't want to bottom. It gave me a tinmely reminder of how difficult it is going to be if I decided to add more girls to their flock.
Poppy can't help it. She endured torment from monster hen Milly (something I very much regret not dealing with sooner). She did not tke kindly to the introduction of Faye, Sasha and Fleur, and I suspect that the nastiness may have affected them too.
