I suppose my babies aren't really babies anymore. They've upgraded to being outside with the big girls (and a few boys). They kept jumping out of the bathtub, so out they went. I could have put some wire over the tub, but it was getting a little crowded for 10 growing chicks.
Sunbathing by the little red coop that serves no real purpose, except maybe cover from rain and shade when it gets hot.
They're doing well with the 20 older chickens, but technically it's only the 14 five month old pullets they have to deal with (the one cockerel is in solitary, since he seeks out the babies to attack them; he will be rehomed with a few pullets once the pullets start laying). So the babies have them outnumbered 17 to 14. The five adults (one year olds) don't really care about the babies and pretty much ignore them, as Leon demonstrates here...
I let the 7 older babies loose with the 10 younger ones to cause more confusion and chaos with the older girls, so the little ones wouldn't be targeted for head pecking. Worked perfectly. The older ones had already been in the coop for a couple weeks, in the separate area that is now occupied by the one cockerel, so the older girls were used to the idea of babies running around. Ignore the messy netting, I've been busy with the pen extension and haven't fixed it.
Empty nest syndrome... I need to stay away from the feed stores now, if they still have chicks... Oh wait, the Silkies are sitting on eggs...
Sunbathing by the little red coop that serves no real purpose, except maybe cover from rain and shade when it gets hot.
They're doing well with the 20 older chickens, but technically it's only the 14 five month old pullets they have to deal with (the one cockerel is in solitary, since he seeks out the babies to attack them; he will be rehomed with a few pullets once the pullets start laying). So the babies have them outnumbered 17 to 14. The five adults (one year olds) don't really care about the babies and pretty much ignore them, as Leon demonstrates here...
I let the 7 older babies loose with the 10 younger ones to cause more confusion and chaos with the older girls, so the little ones wouldn't be targeted for head pecking. Worked perfectly. The older ones had already been in the coop for a couple weeks, in the separate area that is now occupied by the one cockerel, so the older girls were used to the idea of babies running around. Ignore the messy netting, I've been busy with the pen extension and haven't fixed it.
Empty nest syndrome... I need to stay away from the feed stores now, if they still have chicks... Oh wait, the Silkies are sitting on eggs...
