One Week Later…
After a week, I’m definitely becoming attached. My chicks are starting to grow up. Several of them are starting to get their tail feathers and their wings are feathering out too.
Young Master was playing with the chicks a couple of evenings ago and managed to get one to eat out of his hand. Naturally, if one chick is getting something to eat then all the others come running to get their share. Now they all come running as soon as you put your hand in the box. It’s a nice feeling that they trust me enough to actually jump into my hand for something to eat. The Leghorns still aren’t too keen on being held but at least they don’t run away from me anymore.
Dapper is adjusting now. He still isn’t sure what to do about the chicks. I think he gets a bit jealous when I give the chicks some attention. He starts whining and shaking and trying to get into my lap. I’ve held a chick up for Dapper to inspect. he sniffs her and laps the air all around her. The first night we had the chicks Dapper kept trying to get out of bed to go check on them. He doesn’t do that anymore. He will jump up to look in the box when we’re patting or feeding the chicks. It makes me laugh to think of how Dapper will react when there are eight full-grown chickens that are all twice as big as he is!
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