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May 30, 2009 Posted by niffer in Chickens

The Chicken House: Part 2

Today was all about getting the chicken house ready. Currently the chicks are in our shed with lovely straw bale insulation and a heat lamp.For the first while we had them that was great. Two weeks ago we let them outside for the day. This they seemed to like, well most liked. Now they are getting too big for their home and must be moved to their permanent digs. Making sure that the waterer, feeder, and lamp were all hooked up properly took more time than expected. They all have to be out of the way of the hind end of a chicken roosting which meant trying to "be the chicken." Corny and silly yes, fun, yes again. Tonight the coop is going for a test drive and tomorrow the new tenants are moving in. The current chick house will stay functional for the moment though. Our chicks are just beginning to show their true colours and soon the boys will have to be separated from the girls as the boys are too distracting for the girls.
Tags: backyard, chicken, chicken coop, rooster