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Chicken Update.
Jan. 23rd, 2019 11:53 amLast weekend, M finished the enclosure for the chickens to protect them from the hawks. It's a twelve by twelve space, completely enclosed with wire, built off the side of the duck house. I've been alternating between calling it the exercise yard or Flop's* yard.
For the past little while the babies have been spending their days in the exercise yard and their nights inside our house. Yesterday, while outside, Lemon jumped onto the floor of the elevated chicken house. That is the first time any of the babies have treated the chicken house as anything other than an oversized shade, but as far as I know, none of the others imitated Lemon this time. I have told the kids if the babies start roosting on their own, then they are grown up enough to be outside only birds**.
Last night they were still only huddled on the ground after dark, so they got another night in, and H made sure to cuddle with her two once she got home from work.
This morning I realized I forgot to put on the roof pieces to their night enclosure. They are such weird, good little babies, none of them escaped. They were all content with their inside "nest".
*Flop being the name of our only remaining adult chicken.
**They are already old enough to be outside birds. They have their grownup feathers in, so they would be plenty warm at night. They are such good citizens, though, that we want to keep them close and cuddly for as long as possible.
For the past little while the babies have been spending their days in the exercise yard and their nights inside our house. Yesterday, while outside, Lemon jumped onto the floor of the elevated chicken house. That is the first time any of the babies have treated the chicken house as anything other than an oversized shade, but as far as I know, none of the others imitated Lemon this time. I have told the kids if the babies start roosting on their own, then they are grown up enough to be outside only birds**.
Last night they were still only huddled on the ground after dark, so they got another night in, and H made sure to cuddle with her two once she got home from work.
This morning I realized I forgot to put on the roof pieces to their night enclosure. They are such weird, good little babies, none of them escaped. They were all content with their inside "nest".
*Flop being the name of our only remaining adult chicken.
**They are already old enough to be outside birds. They have their grownup feathers in, so they would be plenty warm at night. They are such good citizens, though, that we want to keep them close and cuddly for as long as possible.
