HELLO & welcome to Garden Daddy here at the urban farm! The little pullets have finally been turned out of their brooder and loose into their chicken house and secure run area. They have been having a wonderful time being able to run around and jump up and stretch their wings and do a little "flying" around and run and play chase with each other. The pullets have almost all their adult feathering in at now 4+ weeks of age, even though in miniature size still, they look like real hens now. I was able to put their new next boxes in the house and made them a short roosting area just their size till they are more mature and able to jump and fly up to larger roosting quarters later on when they get larger. I would like to show you some things I did in the coop and run for their better usage attached below.
I know this is not professional but it is definitely serviceable and usable and makes the chicken house seem more like a real urban farmstead...remember: reuse, reclaim, re-purpose & recycle! I still have 6 (six) 10-day old chicks in the upstairs of my place here at the urban farm. They are a little too small to mix in with the older little pullets as the older ones are too rambunctious and would run over the little ones and possibly cause injury. I will introduce them later on one night after the older ones have gone to roost and when they wake up they will not know the difference in who is who. That prevents some pecking and picking on the little ones.
I leave you today with our ongoing gardening affirmation in mind: "GARDENING" ONE YARD AT A TIME!"
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