Chicks

I now know that there's a total of 6 chicks. They're so incredibly adorable!
Luke and I went out to see them today, and the mama was walking around in the house with them. She started scratching at the ground like chickens do when they're looking for food, but she kept kicking the chicks! The chicks don't mind too much, though. They just sort of fall over then tweet a lot as they scramble to get up.
There's various types of chicks. They're mostly all hybrids (actually, they may all be hybrids. I don't recall if Russel is pure Rhode Island Red or not), but there's some that look like pure Buff Orpingtons, though they're not. I think there's three that look like buffs, so the mama chicken may be their actual mama, then there's two that look more like Rhode Island Reds, so my guess is that the mama stole eggs from one of the Reds, Harmony or Henrietta. I suppose they could have taken more after Russel, but it's still more likely that that one or both of the Reds layed those eggs. Then there's one chick who is undoubtedly the offspring of Heidi. She's mostly black right now. We named her Beauty.
Luke and I stayed out there for a while (we didn't get to hold any chicks, though), but we came in when the mama layed down and all the chicks went under her for a nap. There was one chick who went under her and then poked it's head out between her side and wing. It was so cute! I took a picture but I'm not sure how it turned out: It's really humid and the camera lens was fogging up.