Yesterday was a really long cool wet/busy rainy day. And we were out in it!!! We were at a point where we needed to hurry and get our chicken run expanded because those 15 chicks we had, which are now pullet size, were getting to big to stay in those coops and crates anymore. So with the help of my husbands life long friend, we got the kennel panels, and went from 10 feet of run space, to 30 feet of run space. I can tell you our original 8 were incredibly happy, and have gotten their "run" on.
Once we got the Kennel walls up, and the bird netting over top for every bodies safety, we opened up the doors to the chicken house and out they came. As I suspected my Black Copper Marans were the first to venture all the way to the end of the run. They are some really adventuresome girls. So while everybody was enjoying the grass, and extra space, we set the crate with 5 young chickens out in the grass, and left them there for a few minutes. The hubby hung a head of cabbage, and set out a fresh flock block, and then we opened the crate, and the coop doors, and everybody slowly emerged. There was a little bit of pecking, which we knew would happen, but nobody got hurt. This morning when we went out to check on everybody, and to release the birds out into the run, the newbies were on the roost, and we had 4 eggs waiting for us in the chicken house. Then a couple of hours later when we went to check on everybody again, there was an egg waiting for us in the middle of the run. Those are some happy chickens!!!!
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