10/1

Week 10 for the elders, and week 1 for the youngin's.

The elders are fighting still -- lots of scabs on necks, and YT, the supposed king, has lost a claw on the right foot, right toe. Oddly enough, some of the other elders have damaged right toes on the right foot. I wonder if it is something in the environment that might be causing this. They are otherwise fine. There is a lot more vocalizing too -- "chi-chi-chi" from the males, and "buck-wheat, buck-wheat, buck-wheat" from the ladies. Some are not vocalizing yet so it's hard to tell what the final male/female ratio is.

The babies are a week old. Their new feathers are about 1.5 cm now. Seems they started showing growth about 3 days ago. One of the newborns has what's called spraddled legs -- they don't point quite straight forward. I've put a rubber band around them to pull them back towards each other. It'll be a permanent deformity if it's not taken care of now.

The coop is getting renovated -- a larger area is being made for the adults, and the area they are in now will become the wild game area: pheasants, chukars, what-have-you.

Thank you for the visitors today. The Alpine Learning Staff was glad to give a tour of the facilities for the adoring fans. Thanks for coming.