Its time for the chicks to get introduced to the ladies downtown!
For the time being they have been living in a secured dog crate aside of the house with total range of the yard (and porch) during the day. But as they get older, they need to eventually live with the rest of the gals (esp the roosters!) So this past weekend David built a small brooding pen aside of the chickens yard.
Couple awesome things about this.
1. It will get the other chickens used to these newbies and the newbies used to the flock.
2. It will be used as a seperate breeding area this Spring, for the next batch of chicks! This will also help us to know exactly what breed we will be getting (even though the surprise is wicked fun)
3. Any hen that goes broody next will have a safe quiet yard to raise her chicks!!!
Really excited about this.
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