Our little baby chicks aren't much like babies anymore! They are nearly fully feathered out and LOVE to
fly and perch on things. They are eating so much now and we have started feeding them scraps from the table. We also built them an outdoor "playpen" as we transition them to outdoor life. The chicken house is about 80% complete and should be finished this weekend when the ladies will make their move.The boys really enjoy the chickens
and today I found Sam sitting on a log by the "playpen" singing to them! It was so sweet. Even
Arlo likes to interact with them and will be very gentle. He won't hold them though and when I offer he shrugs his shoulders and giggles and looks the other way.
Sadly enough we did have our first chicken mortality. The first day the ladies were in the "playpen" one of the smaller Leghorns squeezed through the fencing and lost in a race for life to Cyrus. Her life went very fast as Cyrus went right for her neck. Sam witnessed the entire event and just shrugged his shoulders and said, "That's life, Mama."
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What a very wise boy Sam is..Yes, that's life. We had two beautiful golden roosters for two days before they were be-headed by something wild. We're re-building the outdoor pen - maximum security - and have twenty already laying hens waiting for us to pick them up and bring them to their new safe house! Can't wait for their eggs.
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