They grow up so fast

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Everyone is growing up in the greenhouse.  The Chanticleer (and young Silkie) roosters are coming into their oats, so they're always showing each other their neck ruffs, sorting out their hierarchy.The Colonel is in retirement, especially since the rooster formerly known as an Oreo has become huge and dominant. He may not be invited to stay.  I was hoping being aggressive was a stage he would grow through, as he seemed to be cooling enough a bit, but not enough.  We can't keep any jerks around, if they endanger the health of the flock at large.The guinea keet (keet in a bowl) is ungrateful and aloof and has forgotten all about being saved, and is also about to transition from brown stripes to black polkadots, which is always a sort of magical transformation.  Why are they brown from hatching to mid-size? Camouflage?  Does the arrival of their black feathers mean they are adult in the ways that matter while still not fully developed?When the sun shines, even if it's minus tens outside, it's very comfortable in the GH, and the birds lounge around sunning, like it's summer.  They like to lean on the hay bales, so there are lots of hay bale nooks for them.  

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