The chicks have grown exponentially in size. I have already needed to raise the warmer to the maximum and will probably need to put it on bricks, next week. Switched to shavings today. After I took these photos, it was apparent that the light would need to be moved to the outside of the cage to protect the chicks from getting burned if they hop on top of the warmer, which they love doing.
The wing and tail feathers are there. On one of the chicks, other feather quills are already showing up. They eat and eat. I think it is time to put them on a 12 hour food schedule since they are on a 24 hour feed now, and this seems excessive that they are already so tall. These little fellows are developing at the rate of the turkey chicks that I had last year!
Potatoes are up, onions are up and spinach is well on it's way to being almost two inches tall. The cooler temps this spring do seem to be delaying the sprouts as we experienced them last year. Which is fine by me. Time to get tomatoes in their pots today.
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