Ahhh... the awkward adolescent phase

Well... we have hit the pitiful stage of growth. Feathers are sprouting everywhere!

Genetics are a funny thing. The white boys look identical until you look at the tiny combs growing in. One boy got a rosecomb from mom (the SLW) and one got a single comb from dad (the buff orp). Interesting, no?

The white boys are turning out to be quite pretty. The black smudges are fun.

Fingers crossed that the buff is a girl (even if she does look a little pitiful right now).

She has black laced neck feathers growing in.

Won't she be an interesting looking chicken when she grows up?

For scale, that's Vixen the mille fleur next to her. Vixen is impossibly tiny!

All four are ranging further and further from mama Fifi. They are now sleeping up next to the roost. It's still pretty cold, so they do still cuddle up with Fifi. It won't be long before they are to big for that! All four can fly really well and seem to like fluttering about. The big chickens have finally accepted the little upstarts and generally just ignore them (unless there are treats involved!). The cold doesn't seem to bother any of the chickens. The just fluff up and roost all crammed up next to each other. That's a good thing as the lows are in single digits this week!