Mad chicks growing

We checked on the chicks at our neighbours' on Friday. They (the chicks) have moved out of their little chicks' house and into the teenagers' party room. Plenty of space, far away from the main house, lots of light and clean straw. No neighbours to disturb. Party time!

However, there is still a bad mad (mad bad) one. Stand in the corner!
Oh, alright. Your friends may join you.

In about 2-3 weeks 12 of them will move over to our place. We have already prepared our chook shed. The present lot of chooks is in one part, and the new batch will be on the other side. The sides are divided by chicken wire mesh, so that they can see each other, but not mingle. This will give them an opportunity to get to know each other.

The neighbour gnomes have more progress reports. Check their blog.

This is NOT an alpaca-blog!

...but they are sooo cute, and I have sooo many pictures of them.

So, skip this post, if you are tired of alpacas.

We went to visit our neighbours and their alpacas on the weekend. It is amazing to see how big the babies grow in such a short time!

Addie (in the middle), Flora (the youngest) on the left, and Ezekiel (to the right). Flora is already bigger than Ezekiel.

Cocoa and Shadow.

Ezekiel being curious.

Here is Flora!

Arrived this morning at 9am.

She's already posing daintily.

Mother (Xenia) and daughter.

Let's play!

Peekaboo!

It's a boy!

Here is Ezekiel, one day old.

Mother and son.

Auntie Cleopatra checking out the little one.

Cocoa (remember the little one 4 days ago?) and Ezekiel.

Edited on 5 February 2008: After receiving quite a few (very positive) remarks concerning these alpacas I would like to make it clear that they are not our alpacas, they our neighbours'. I hadn't realised that I had not made this clear in the blog posts. Sorry about that. Our neighbours are just very kind people who let us fawn over their alpacas.

It's a girl!

We received the birth announcement this morning. Visiting hours 10am - 6pm. So guess who visited mother and baby not long after 10am?

The welcoming committee with the 3 aunties.

One day old and already on its legs. Wobbly, but walking.

Portrait of mother and daughter.

That's enough. Let's go somewhere quieter.

Wait for me!