Day 3

Let the chickens out after work.  Once I backed away from the run they started to come out slowly.  I also threw some stale bread out for them.  They were initially excited about it and then indifferent.

The idea from what I read was to give them small scraps and lead them closer to me as a way to get them comfortable.  Moving slowly helped as well but none of them wanted to be handled.  They did come very close to me without much hesitation tho.

In addition to bread I tried some piece of cheese which again was met with some initial excitement but that faded quickly.

The Ameracuna is quickly becoming my least favorite.  It flew the coop when I bought it and they had to clip its wings on one side.  Today it hopped into a lower branch of a tree a few times and kept looking up like it wanted to jump the fence.  Once I got close it hopped down.  I hear they calm down as they get older.  I really only got it to provide some different colored eggs which I thought my kid might find amusing.

One of the Wyandottes is bossy and pecks at the other chickens when it gets near where she is pecking. Her comb is bigger than the other Wyandotte and her feet don't have spots like the other one so I can tell her apart from the more docile one.  The Barred Rock has taken to the other Wyandotte and they normally stay close.

Ushering them back to the coop/run after about 2 hours was much quicker than the 1st and 2nd day.  They clearly wanted to stay out but its not safe at night unattended.  I suspect tomorrow they will be ready to get out and possibly waiting for me at the run gate.  Not sure how long until they'll be comfortable being handled (if ever) but proximity seems to be less of an issue.

I haven't had to refill the feeder (still half full) but I did replace the water because it was low.  Probably would have lasted a few more days but no biggie.