Free Range!

Wow, how much do chickens love to free range?  Well, I just have to walk NEAR the coop in the morning and they are yelling to get out.  Its like when you take a bag of potato chips camping and when you get to the camp, the bag just bursts open.  They all try to be first out the door...LOL.  Here are some pics of us enjoying the experience.....

And, poor Dave.  He has been trying to re-do the bad plaster job on the top pond of our three-tiered waterfall, but the girls are so curious...they want to be in the middle of everything!

Growing and Growing

We are about 6 weeks old and really becoming so fun!  Each morning and evening, we run to the gate to see who is visiting us and even make "chicken" noises, like "cluck cluck".  So fun.  Here are a few photos after our make-over (losing the baby feathers)!

Happy Easter from the coop.  My dogwood is in full bloom, so it must be Spring.















The chickies are growing like mad!  They look like chickens!    And, although I love her dearly, Ms. Quiche is quite, what's the word?, STRANGE LOOKING. 

In this shot, she appears to be modeling her new capri pants that match her top....she is one weird chicken that's for sure.

They like the ladder, but seem a bit confused about whether the door is shut or open.

Sad day at the blog....my little Ms. Chocolate is missing.  She somehow managed to squeeze through the chain link fence (she was quite tiny), and is now missing.  Since we do have a hawk in the area, I have a hunch that she is gone.  today I will spend making the run more secure, I know, locking the barn door and all, but I do still have 4 little chickies I am responsible for!  Here is a picture to remember her by!

Hooray!  We are moving into our new home....sun is out, kinda, and I am well past ready to have them in their own stinky abode, LOL.

they seem right at home already!  Put in a thermometer so I can be sure not to make chicken popsicles!

Last Night in Cardboard

Wow, 4 weeks old tomorrow.  We are enjoying some outside time and the gorgeous backyard scenery, much better than cardboard.

Good thing the coop is done.  It is supposed to rain tonight, but tomorrow, we will be moving to our new home.....Yippee!

Our new little red coop

Here are some details on the coop:

I finally decided on a paint color, RED, and here are a few photos of the almost finished coop.  Just need to do the roof and then some small finishing up stuff.  I spent the day weeding the area where the chicks will be living, so things are really moving along.  Good thing too, because the chicks are quickly out-growing their temporary living conditions in a cardboard box.  And, they have figured out how to tip over the watering station so that the box got all soggy and fell apart.  good thing I had a spare box the same size, thanks to the fact that my daughter recently purchased something that came in really big boxes.  Here are a few photos of the coop in its new color!

The nest boxes hang on the outside, so you don't need to disturb the princesses when collecting eggs...in my dreams anyway.

Here is a picture of the "chick door", notice how it slides up and down.