Three week old chicks...

Three week old chicks are incredibly entertaining.  Our girls are starting to love human attention and get very excited when we get near the brooder.  They jump right into our hands now, and they will take treats right from our hands.  They have had the opportunity to try crickets, meal worms, and grapes.  When we first dropped the crickets into the brooder, they freaked out.  They were terrified.  Their little chirps were of shear terror.  Eventually they figured out they could eat the little buggers, and the crickets disappeared within 15 minutes.  They were much more willing to try the worms the next day.  They took them right from our hands and chased each other around trying to steal the other's away.  Very entertaining.  Now they expect a special treat every time they see us.  We gave them a couple of grapes tonight.  They pecked at them a few times, but weren't nearly as interested in them as they are in the worms.

I haven't taken any more photos of the big girls.  The sun has just been setting too quickly the past few weeks.  They are able to get out of the coop for about an hour each night around dusk, but that's about it.  They look for me every evening after school and scurry out of the coop the second I open the door.  We plugged in the water heater over the weekend when we woke to frozen water.  I'm anxious to get the larger coop built.  I think they will be much happier in there.