Chicken update!

Here are some photos of the chicks -- they have all been named (see table below).
They were 4 weeks old on Tuesday the 16th of September.  Mama Henny Penny is beginning to distance herself from them.  I don' t know how she communicates to them to be independent, but they are venturing all over the yard, sometimes in groups of two or three, and they have been socializing and eating with all of the older girls.

From left:  Franklin, Minnie Penny, Spock, Roscoe Jr, Copper, Picard, Madea

Copper and Franklin

Aren't they the cutest???  

Name of chick	From whose egg?	Description	Who named it?	Why?
Minnie Penny	Betty's	small black/yellow	Andrew	After Henny Penny
General Tso	Betty's	missing from cage	Bill	It was someone’s dinner. L
Madea	Beulah's	black, yellow belly	Bridget	After the movie of the same name.
Franklin	Beulah's	striped with eyeliner	Kirstin	Benjamin Franklin (100 Pennies!)
Roscoe, Jr.	Thelma's	solid gray	Brandi	After Roscoe (daddy)
Picard	Thelma's	striped with black eyes	Ben	Star Trek
Copper	Opal's	yellow/tan/cream	Brandi	Color
Spock	Opal's	black, white/cream behind	Ben	Star Trek