chickens are getting big.

[mopinko]

still waiting on my coop, which will be worth the wait. in the meantime i am trying to get the girls to all get along so they can have more out time.
kinda hate putting energy into temporary solutions, but then aren't they all?

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150888610350810&set=vb.410796658942019&type=2&theater

[EFerrari]

1. They look great! I'm so jealous, still no movement on the chicken front here.

Are they indoors? What is your weather like these days?

[mopinko]

2. they are on my back porch.

the weather is freaking scorching. they are in a big dog cage, but now get to spend some out time. this week i will work on teaching them to go down the stairs so they can go out in the yard.
frustrated waiting for my coop, but volunteers it'll be cool, and they are good, so....

[hedgehog]

3. I would expect the larger birds to peck at the smaller birds, and the smaller birds to duck and run

No real harm done, it's just the way chickens are. What you have to watch for is if one bird gets pecked by all the birds. I've only seen that with the older chicks in the bin at the feed store. I think it must be due to the stress and/or the breed. I have the same breeds as in your video, and they do settle down pretty quickly.

What's really a hoot in my yard? I have a big ugly red rooster that someone found wandering around a few weeks after Easter one year and gave to me. I think it is an over-bred broiler bird, meant to grow fast and head straight to the freezer. It's kind of dumb, and pretty odd looking. I also have a Cornish Game rooster about half the size of the red bird. The Cornish rooster is boss, and chases the red rooster all over the yard if the red rooster misbehaves!

("Chase" is the operative word here; the red rooster never offers a challenge!)