The chicks are two weeks old! I’m now adding chick grit to their feed, and I found a large jar of brewer’s yeast with garlic that I thoughtfully bought months ago and apparently hid in the back of the pantry, so that is going into their feed too.

I gave them a little clump of dirt and grass from outside. They were extremely dubious at first, I was hoping to get some video of excited chicks, but they waited until I was gone to pick it apart. Oh well.

They are also starting to attempt perching. We’ve had a stick in their brooder since day 1, and they flutter on that a little, but today I found one perched on the side of the heater. Tigger likes to perch on my hand and walk up my arm. Which reminds me, I need to get files to dull their sharp little nails.

A little later my eldest was able to convince another chick to perch on the little practice perch I made from scrap wood.