Monday, March 26, 2007
Highly productive weekend...
We're nearly finished with as much of the chicken coop as necessary before we order our day-old chicks.
Got the roof on, and have nearly finished installing the roosts. Window are cut and the only thing remaining before ordering our chicks is to screen in the windows, and screen in the sofit area.
Dixie stopped by and commented she has "brooder" lights. We also have wrangled a small brooder, which will hold 50 chicks for a couple of weeks. Our plan is to put the chicks straight into the coop in their "warm area".
That way, they can become used to humans and noise as we continue working on the exterior. They'll live in their little area for about a month before allowed outside in their daytime pens.
While working on the coop, we had the little bummer out. He's so cute in his little red harness. This weekend, we introduced him (very carefully) to the ewes and ram. He's way too little to go into the pen by himself.
This morning I took him to the feed trailer while I fed the flock. He had his own little pile of alfalfa and was a happy little guy. He jumped and ran back and forth between the pen and the trailer.
No problem getting him to follow me... he really believes I'm his "mother".
Labels: Chickens
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