chickens!

these 3 little balls of fluff: have turned into... these!
obviously, Vea's e one in e centre, and still my manja little favourite. Friday's the hugest, on the left, and little Starburst's on e right.

Hand feeding chickens is fun! took some time for them to figure out that they were supposed to peck LIGHTLY at the food instead of trying to eat my fingers though. and Vea used to peck with all her(?) might. they've learnt to eat normally though. which is good. =)

e cage, donated by our lovely landlords, used to house pigeons i think. and it's kinda rusty, but it's big, and e chickens seem happy in it. they get branches to perch on (that's Starburst up on the stick above e other 2). it's really cute to see e 3 of them roosting comfortably on the branch, sleeping. they also get a grass strewn floor, where they get to scratch at their food all they like.

wierdly, these 3 chickens dont seem to like going onto actual grass. maybe it's e open space, and they're afraid of the other birds? hmm.. they do get a lot of visits from the neighbourhood birds though.. they visitors are more than happy to eat the stray seeds the 3 naughty ones kick out.

and, the chickens are suprisingly soft! nice to stroke, but will prob have to tame them first if it's possible.. project chicken taming in process..