The first taste of Life

Day eight was a Saturday and the first day that we opened the coop door to let them come out. We had cordoned off a section of  the garden to allow them to free range under our supervision. That day, the girls were not brave enough to step out so we left it and closed the coop. The following day in the late afternoon we tried again and this time it was a different story. We filmed the girls while they took their first cautious steps outside, first sticking their necks out and scanning the environment then taking one step at a time, lifting one leg up, holding it up while looking around then slowly dropping that leg to take the next step and then lifting the other, holding it up, while having another good look around. In a matter of seconds, they started pecking at things on the ground, inspecting every little speck with their incredibly good eyesight. Love took a liking to the bush next to the coop, actually pecking at its leaves at her eye level. It was not long before they had covered nearly the entire area in which we allowed them to roam. They were in their element, scratching around with their feet, ruffling up their feathers and stretching their wings, digging in corners as if they were frantically digging for gold. It was such a sight to behold.