Chickens

We posted our 2 year old hens on Craigslist to a good home. Wow! There was a lot of interest!

They will be living out in the country with 2 roosters and other hens. And with a home that knows more about chickens then I do. :) They will get to free range all day long. They will be very happy in their new home.

We spent the week-end stripping down the coop, removing the roof, and removing all of the litter. We sprayed it down and washed out the inside of the hen house and nesting box. Now I just wait for the sun to finish sanitizing and drying out the ground. Our plans are to rebuild the chicken walk and build in a frame for my roof. I like my chickens to live in a dry coop.

The chicks are now 6 weeks and 4 weeks old. The big ones are ready to live outside. All of them have spent their days outside in our old bunny run and come inside at night. They are really enjoying the grass and the room to stretch their wings and fly across the run.

Misty is enjoying the entertainment of the chicks. She has less interest in them and seems to understand that they are pets, but I don't allow her out when the chickens are out. Our Misty is a bird dog breed. and I don't want to chance it with instinct.

We are hoping to move the chicks into their clean coop in a couple of days.