Visiting the Coop at 5 Weeks

Look for the chicken tails in the lambs ear! These chickens are exploring living plants for the first time

At just over 5 weeks old, our fast-growing young chickens visited their future home . We brought them back up a couple of more nights, but now they are comfortable in their large decorated space, shown below.

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At a month old, look at these chicken feet!

At 4 weeks the chickens are a little larger than quail with long wings and big feet.

Look at those feet!

They first cautiously and then enthusiastically explored the new space we have provided. The large-breasted Buff Orphington and one of the Rhode Island Reds seem to be at the top of the pecking order, dominating the best roost on the wall between the two spaces.