After only one week of living with us, the chicks are much bigger. I haven't tried weighing them or anything, but they look twice the size they were. They also now have feathers on their wings and stubby feathers on their tails. Yvaine's legs seem to be getting darker as well as Garnet's beak. Ruby is the smallest so far. They do a lot of stretching of their wings and legs and I've even seen Garnet hop/fly from one side of the tank to the other.

Already they are displaying personality differences. Yvaine seems to be the most friendly and will lay in our hands quite peacefully. Garnet wants to get into everything, see everything and taste everything. Ruby doesn't like being held that much but will sit on our hand for a long time while we've got our hand in the tank.

They've also started doing a few interesting things that I have to laugh about. Two of them will run at each other, hit chests, then circle each other with their heads held high. When they are sleeping they will "floof" up their wings. I have no other word than "floof" and I'm sure other chicken owners have their own words for this behavior. Sometimes one will grab a small piece of the pine shavings and run to the other side of the tank while the others chase her. Almost as though running with a worm or other tasty morsel. It's fun watching them fling the pine shavings around the tank and even more fun watching them trying to catch the cats' tails through the glass.