A friend of mine has to move back to town and can't keep her animals. She asked me if I would take them in and I agreed. When I got to her house today, I found out there were quite a few more animals than I thought. I came home with 17 chicks, 9 full-size chickens (one is a roo), 2 bantams (one is a roo), 3 ducks, a peafowl (not sure what it is yet), and two more chickens coming soon. Yikes!
I put the 9 chickens, the ducks, and the peafowl in one pen. The ducks got some fresh water in a pool and went to town playing around in it. The chickens pecked and scratched in the dirt and the peafowl sat around and took it all in. He was in a 2'x3' dog kennel for most of his life, so the 10'x10' pen was heaven for him.
The bantams went into a large wire dog kennel and got some food and water. The roo is a frizzled cochin (I think) and needs a good bath.
The chicks went into another large wire dog kennel and immediately started dust bathing in the dirt. It was hilarious! Unfortunately, the kennel has the wire cross bars on the bottom and the chicks were getting trapped under the bars. I put them in a different wire crate, but they couldn't get to the dirt underneath. So, I put some dirt in a plastic wash tub and they had a blast!
Here are some pics:
The chicks in their dirt bath
The bantams
The peafowl
The ducks
Some of the chickens
The duck and chicken pen
I put the 9 chickens, the ducks, and the peafowl in one pen. The ducks got some fresh water in a pool and went to town playing around in it. The chickens pecked and scratched in the dirt and the peafowl sat around and took it all in. He was in a 2'x3' dog kennel for most of his life, so the 10'x10' pen was heaven for him.
The bantams went into a large wire dog kennel and got some food and water. The roo is a frizzled cochin (I think) and needs a good bath.
The chicks went into another large wire dog kennel and immediately started dust bathing in the dirt. It was hilarious! Unfortunately, the kennel has the wire cross bars on the bottom and the chicks were getting trapped under the bars. I put them in a different wire crate, but they couldn't get to the dirt underneath. So, I put some dirt in a plastic wash tub and they had a blast!
Here are some pics:
The chicks in their dirt bath
The bantams
The peafowl
The ducks
Some of the chickens
The duck and chicken pen
