So Big!

The chickens will be 5 weeks old this weekend. They are getting SOOO big so fast.  We decided to give them some treats this week. Chickens can eat pretty much anything but if you give them something besides their normal chicken feed, they will need gravel/grit to help digest it because they don't have teeth. When chickens are free ranging and outside, you don't normally need to give them any additional grit because they will pick up little rocks and stones. But since our chickens are currently restricted to a small plastic tote indoors, they don't have the opportunity to get rocks.

You can read all about how a chicken digests its food here:
http://scoopfromthecoop.nutrenaworld.com/tag/how-does-a-chicken-digest-food/

We decided to start off with some cut up grapes. Raven LOVED them and went crazy the first day she had them. We then bought some freeze dried meal worms. All of the girls loved these. They were eating them right out of our hand. We have been giving them some treats each time we come to visit them and play with them. They now seem to get excited when we come in the room (most likely because they know they will get treats). Tim is so close to being down with the coop. The girls are going to love it.

Our niece, Kaitlin, holding Fluffy.

Next up is Raven. Kaitlin was praying Raven wouldn't poop on her shoulder.

Tim, holding Fluffy. It was cute because Avery kept trying to give the chickens baby toys to play with.

Eating some grapes..notice the girt in the small plastic cup.

Here is the grit and the meal worms that we have been giving the girls. The meal worms are a big hit.

Scarlett is the biggest fan of the chickens. She is crazy about them...almost too crazy.