Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Spring Peepers: Week five (or maybe six??)

The chicks are now out in the barn in the extra stall next to Roosty and the "big girls". Cleaning out the stall was quite a project (one I opted to do without any "help" from kiddos :-).

The chicks seem to have adjusted pretty well and are enjoying the extra room to move and practice flying. They were a little freaked out at first by the rooster's crowing and the squawking of the hens as they lay their eggs, but they seem to be settling in to the new sounds.

I hope, at some point soon (if the weather ever gets warm), to start putting them out in the yard in a wire dog crate so they can start scratching for bugs and eating grass.

The stall before I cleaned it out:


The displacement factor outside the barn (which I'm still working on cleaning up):


The chicks check out their new digs:


Lily and Sarah:


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