Growing girls

Last weekend we went out of town for 4 days. This was the first time our chickens had been left unattended for any length of time. They did fabulous. They were quite self-sufficient, needing no-one to change their food or water the entire time (we did have a neighbor stop by to check). In the midst of that time, our littlest one began to grow! We returned home after our long weekend to find little Susie Q-ty Sussex covered in feathers and much larger than we left her! This was cause for celebration as we were beginning to wonder about her health. She is still quite a bit smaller than the rest, but hopefully she'll catch up eventually. We'll see.