crazychicknlady | Feb. 9th, 2010

A little over a week ago I moved the babies' cage out to the back porch. This had the advantage of freeing up space in the laundry room, and giving the babies a chance to acclimate to outside weather and get some fresh air.

A couple days ago I moved the cage into the chickens' yard. The plan was to give the hens a week or so to get used to the babies through the cage, before letting the babies loose in the yard.

Well today (the second day of the let the chickens get to know each other slowly plan) when I went out to feed and water the chickens I found someone had sprung the babies. They were crowded together at the gate to the chicken yard. I refilled their food and water, gave them some freedom for a few hours, then put them back in their cage.

Now we'll see what tomorrow brings.

BTW, some pictures to show how much the babies have grown.