Buffs in the Coop

Hey! What's going on out there?

 I think this is what they were thinking 

when they noticed I had entered the chicken

yard and was looking through the elevated

doorway from the coop into their yard. 

There's another cross beaked chick,

no relation to Bird, this one we hatched

and it started out looking normal, just like the rest.

It began crossing as it grew but this one is

not blind and doesn't have a skull deformity like Bird.

It's no Bird substitute- there never will be.

It is much lighter than the others but this one holds its own, 

using that sharp, straight side as some type of sword,

poking the others out of its way.

It wanted me to hold it,

no other birds could be held, just this one.

The white one here (much earlier photo)

wants to be held any time someone enters the coop.

She tried to get in on the action yesterday too,

hogged out by little cross beak!

Here is Miss Puffy Cheeks.

Most of this group doesn't want to interact with

the older members of the flock.

They keep together but a few jumped 

or fell off the plank into the yard when I

smashed a pumpkin so they could feast.

Puff doesn't want to be held anymore

but she does want to be petted.

I had to time my petting just so

or the others would peck at my fingerless gloves.

They didn't want my fingers, just the gloves!

The husband is going to enlarge the yard, 

giving them another yard outside the secondary door.  

There are just too many of them right now and they need more room.

 The meat birds will be going sometime soon

but there are still lots of hens

which means lots of future eggs!