Chicks in the greenhouse
There´s a tribe of chicks in the greenhouse. One mom has 5 Chanticleer chicks, and the other has seven Silkies.They never shut up! PeeppeeppeepPEEPpeeppeeppeepPEEPpeep. Wow. I don´t know how the Moms handle it, unless lots of it is inter-chick chatting that they can tune out.Otherwise, it´s Mom, Mom, Mom! MOM, Hey Mom, Look at this Mom, Hey Mom can I eat this? What about this? What´s this Mom? Look what I found Mom, Look at me Mom, I flapped! See how fast I can run? Watch this, Mom! All. Day. Long.The Silkies are a week older than the Chantis, so they´re all the same size (so far). The Silkies are already entering their scruffball transition from fluff to feathers. There's three white and four brown.Most of these chicks I've never even touched. They´re going to be the wildest bunch yet. They were born in a box with an open door, and Mom's been totally in charge from day 1. I don´t even see them every day.But boy do I hear them.They're all so happy and safe in there, savaging the low-hanging tomatoes, rearranging my mulch, tasting stuff. It's a rooster-free zone. One Silkie rooster is wont to stand looking in the screen door, fantasizing.The pigs are rooting. I give them a nice new grassy area that looks like a green pig paradise for about an hour. They like to customize their environment, which means turning over every inch of sod. Very diligent workers. And fast.