The girls have continued to grow and change, and are now about 17 weeks old. We let them out to run around the yard after work, and most of the day on weekends. Much to my disdain, they have figured out how to break through the barrier protecting our vegetable garden. They have also learned how to squeeze through the openings in the baby gate to get onto the back deck, much to Gary's disdain.
We are still enjoying having them around, and look forward to when they start to lay eggs, probably sometime late next month. We've been gradually increasing the amount of time that they can be outside, although the cooler weather has found them huddled up in the coop more often than not. Hopefully soon the weather will start to act more like summer than winter, and maybe they'll want to be out and about and getting more exposure to that FSH-stimulating sunlight. No rush though, as we don't want them laying too soon!
