Lola and Zelda have been living happily on our sun porch in a chick condo. Lola has filled out into a beautiful red almost Frizzle chick. Zelda at this time is molting (shedding old feathers and growing new ones) and happily laying an egg a day. Every now and then Lola pops out a tiny egg also. Those two crazy girls are very happy, warm and tame living there. When the weather permits, they get to go outside for play time to stretch their little legs.
Little Lola is still the smart and careful one. When the other chickens come over to investigate them, she leads Zelda thru the picket fence where no one can pick on them. Whenever I’m outside those two follow me every where, they know that they can just hide behind me if one of the other hens or roosters come around. Since they have not been out in the barn for 3 months the other birds see them as outsiders, they need to slowly re-establish a "pecking order". While Lola and Zelda are out playing, I can call to them and they come running to me doing that funny little chicken trot. In the evening after a day of playing outside, I call out to them, scoop the girls up and back to their condo they go.
Lola and Zelda's condo has a nesting box and lots of room to roam around. We never close their condo door and those good girls rarely venture out. They have a play area but spend most of their time inside in their condo. In the mornings if I'm late to tell them "good morning" they will start calling out, impatiently waiting for their breakfast. Every now and then they have a visitor, Maddie or Herman. Maddie likes to climb into their condo for a visit and Herman will sit next to it. Lola and Zelda where raised around the cats so they are just part of the family to Maddie and Herman.
We never thought these little special girls would become such a big part of our life and routine. They will always need extra care, warmth, love and protection. Their special care is a small price to pay for all the joy they bring to our household.
Little Lola is still the smart and careful one. When the other chickens come over to investigate them, she leads Zelda thru the picket fence where no one can pick on them. Whenever I’m outside those two follow me every where, they know that they can just hide behind me if one of the other hens or roosters come around. Since they have not been out in the barn for 3 months the other birds see them as outsiders, they need to slowly re-establish a "pecking order". While Lola and Zelda are out playing, I can call to them and they come running to me doing that funny little chicken trot. In the evening after a day of playing outside, I call out to them, scoop the girls up and back to their condo they go.
Lola and Zelda's condo has a nesting box and lots of room to roam around. We never close their condo door and those good girls rarely venture out. They have a play area but spend most of their time inside in their condo. In the mornings if I'm late to tell them "good morning" they will start calling out, impatiently waiting for their breakfast. Every now and then they have a visitor, Maddie or Herman. Maddie likes to climb into their condo for a visit and Herman will sit next to it. Lola and Zelda where raised around the cats so they are just part of the family to Maddie and Herman.
We never thought these little special girls would become such a big part of our life and routine. They will always need extra care, warmth, love and protection. Their special care is a small price to pay for all the joy they bring to our household.
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