Oh happy days!!!! Our first batch of chicks that hatched out (7 weeks ago tomorrow) are now out of the coops, and running with the big chickens!!! We really went to town bribing the big chickens so that they wouldn't mind the little guys so very much. There was some pecking, a bit of squawking, some running, but all in all, everybody is ok, and happy. I can tell those 7 chicks are happy to be out of that coop and have plenty of room to run and move now.
We have formed a plan for the remaining 15 chicks that are here in the house as well. We want to let the youngest ones get their feathers, so in about 2 weeks, the last of our babies will be in the chicken house. I can't even begin to tell you all just how happy I'm going to be not to have any more live stock in the house.
We've had to make our plans carefully for moving these guys up to the chicken house, because we really are getting into colder weather. (although you can't really tell too awful much by the fact that it got up into the 60's here today) We've done pretty good not loosing chicks, and I'm hoping to be able to keep that going.
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