Today was the first day the keets were unsupervised all day. They still have all their toes and fur, so now I can be away without worry.
Speaking of toes, in order to be able to name them, they have been marked with fingernail paint. They are referred to in binary, e.g., "0100 sure is unhappy about being handled". The LSB is on the right toe, right foot. There are three toes per foot, and a parity toe (which I'm not using it at the moment).
Keets 0001 and 0111 have been claimed for naming already. Let me know if you want to name one too -- first come, first served.
They've gotten better with finding the food -- I am no longer scratching food out of the feeder for them. Looks like it works better that way anyway, as they can get big mouthfulls at a time instead of just one little bit at a time from the floor of the box. I can tell when they're eating too -- they make lots of noise, like there's a party going on.
The new game of the day is to run from one end of the box to the other, then spin around and see who's looking. They are also pecking at a ribbon around a teddy bear that's keeping them company. I'll probably need to remove it so they don't succeed at taking bits off (and choke).
Speaking of choking, 1001 was put down because it was malformed. It had a very difficult hatch, and couldn't stand very long. And when it fell, it would spin in a circle trying to get up. It's sad to have to "take care of business". This is part of farm life I guess.
Tomorrow I'll do the egg postmortum, and put some pictures up for your viewing pleasure.
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