Even in though it was raining, we still managed to get the bigger of the chicks out in the coops. We took them out in groups of five. First we took the Rhode Island Reds out, catching them in the kennel was exciting..one even made a mad dash into our bedroom...that was kind of funny, and thankfully she didn't poop and was so surprised by her surroundings she was easy to catch.
Next came the White Leghorns. Catching them was still pretty tricky, but none of then got free in the house...however once we got into the chicken house one did get a freedom run. Thankfully she didn't get hurt by the bigger chickens. She got pecked on the head a bit, but she's ok, and tucked safely in the coop with her sisters.
The five babies are still in the kennel here in the house. Since Frank worked last night, and then has to work tonight we are going to take them out tomorrow. That's going to take a bit more work anyways, we have to move some stuff around so that we can fit the crate in there with no problems.
I know this is thing to sound bad, but I feel like we've been raising chicks for what feels like forever...in all reality we've been raising them for 9 weeks...that's how old our first batch of chicks are.
Not to go all over the place with the chick talk...but it does look like 3 out if the 5 we kept from the last hatching are little boys. Its kind of disappointing...but we need meat as well as eggs.
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