60! 65! You want me to freeze my butt off? **Grin**

The chicks are doing fine. The first pair have figured out how to get up on the dryer to look in our window at us. They 'joined' us for breakfast. The rest are just making the transition from puffballs to young chicks. We have quite a variety of colors and markings. One looks just like a penguin, full tuxedo markings. That one is Wakana's favorite. We have two that are gray each with a brown stripe down the back. The rest vary between black and several shades of gray and brown.

They are great fun to feed in the morning. We first come into the kitchen hearing the peeping outside. Wakana will step out and pop open the grain bucket. They gather in front of her. The noise subsides as the grain hits the ground. It's never silent but the peeping does get quieter as the chicks eat. I compare it to a dinner table. There is lots of noise while the food goes around but then things quiet down as people begin to eat.

Usually we wind up with two feedings. Later another group of chicks arrives and we "have" to feed them too. Currently we have about 15 chicks running around here. Wakana calls them the moving carpet. As each hen walks a carpet of puffballs follows her around. It's really cute when the hen settles and all the chicks hide under her feathers. She puffs herself out and holds her wings away from her body and the chicks get in under her. If you look closely it seems as if she has 16 to twenty feet.