These are two thirds of the new chicks. The black/gray ones are Jersey Giants, the pale yellow ones are Americanas, the brownish ones are Rhode Island Reds, and the one with the awesome cranial racing stripes is a Guinnea Hen. (The remaining third are all Guinnea Hens, but haven’t moved outdoors yet.)
They live in the new super-secure section of the coop, which is really just a close-fitting room divider with a flip top lid. There had been a treat-on-a-string thing hanging from said lid, but they finished it off. When my partner was removing the hanging plastic core of it, they started playing with the string, so she left it. They don’t seem to have stopped playing with it yet, and that is not the end that ever had any food attached to it.
WARNING: Their chirping is leveled at foreground volume. Headphones cranked loud might make you cringe, and speakers cranked loud might cause [un?]intended acceleration in nearby pets.
