HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

The chicks will be two months old in a few days. Exciting days around here. In the last day or so, Mo has started CROWING. I myself have not witnessed it, but I'm going to get up early tomorrow to spy on him. I doubt I'll get a video, but it would not really be recognizable crowing yet anyway. They always sound like they are being strangled when they start learning how, it is cute but very pathetic. 

Una is doing great. Honestly the best lap chicken I have ever had. She is especially attached to me but is an equal opportunity cuddler! And her leg is doing well. Here she is (she jumped onto my mom's shoulder). My mom was complaining to me that it was really hard to get good pics of her because "she keeps jumping into my lap." I just nodded.

She is actually the more mature-looking of the two in terms of body shape, though she has a young face. Her body is close in proportion to adult hens, just smaller.

And here is Mo, just cause:

He is a stringy little beanpole right now. Also very curious about people. He will run across the yard to greet someone new, which most chickens definitely don't do. I think Una would do the same if running wasn't a bit tougher for her. She knows people will come to her anyway!

I introduced them to my dog without a fence between for the first time the other day. He and Mo actually get along great, but Una's hopping gait attracted the wrong kind of attention from him, so I'll keep them separate. Not that she showed much interest in making friends. Chickens tend to scorn my little dog. 

Btw, they are still less than half the size of my adult birds, even their mom. So don't think they're growing up that fast!