On Saturday I expanded the chicks’ nursery so they have more room to run around until I move them into the henhouse on Sunday; they always grow like weeds, so it isn’t surprising that they’re trying to fly up to the top of the wall and the food and water dispensers. What is surprising is the variation in size of these chicks; usually they’re pretty hard to tell apart unless one has some kind of distinguishing mark, but this time the largest is noticeably bigger than the second-largest, which is in turn noticeably bigger than the smallest. I’m not sure why that might be; it’s of course possible that one of them is male even though I bought pullets, because mistakes can happen. But that wouldn’t explain why there are three different sizes. The smallest one has a lot more white markings on her dorsal side, and the largest has almost no white at all; in conjunction with the size differential, I’m wondering if they might actually be related but different breeds which only look alike as chicks. Oh, well, we’ll know soon enough; it’s interesting to have things be at least somewhat different this time, as long as they’re all female!