This morning I woke up and found the chicks all asleep in their box.  I gave them fresh water and then took them out one by one to hold.  Ballina (my Buff Orpington named after my favorite chicken character from the movie Return to Oz) was first and she almost immediately fell asleep in the hands against my chest.  Then the Salmon  Faverolle ..she was skittish at first but also fell asleep. The Barred Rock did not sleep at all she was restless and I put her back.  The Longhorn eventually relaxed.  I am pretty sure now that the yellow chick is in fact my Longhorn because her comb is a bit bigger than the others which would be right on with the breed’s description. 
    They pretty much slept all day until I pulled them out again for a photo shoot. I found out that camera flash and chickens don't mix. I literally scared the poop out of her. My BR is Mark's favorite and she is the loner
of the brood. She does what she wants and doesn't follow the rest. I have been monitoring them for pasty butt and if they are clean tomorrow I will feed them some hardboiled eggs. Oh yeah and our cat Fluffy seems to be scared of
the birds either that or she's just trying to make me think that. Mark keeps reminding me that at the end of the day she's still a cat. It's odd that she wouldn't at least want to watch them especially when she attentively watches the
birds outside as if to say, "You guys are lucky there’s a window between us..."

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scared the poop out of poor Ballina



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