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I let the littles out with the Big Girls on Saturday. It went better than I expected, after a bit of pecking and chasing they pretty much ignored them unless somebody ran under their beak. Certainly no dedicated chasing.
The littles are just about 6 weeks old, with the Big Girls being about 20 weeks, not yet laying although Rain has been "squatting," so I expect the first egg in the next week or two unless this unbearable heat puts a hold on it (at the moment the heat index is showing 108°F.) I'm considering putting the misters up in the run in the next day or so, as while ordinarily in high humidity areas misting really doesn't do any good, here during the hottest part of the day the humidity is lower; it's actually "only" 59% at the moment.
Here's everyone trying to stay cool around the dust bathing bin.
The littles are just about 6 weeks old, with the Big Girls being about 20 weeks, not yet laying although Rain has been "squatting," so I expect the first egg in the next week or two unless this unbearable heat puts a hold on it (at the moment the heat index is showing 108°F.) I'm considering putting the misters up in the run in the next day or so, as while ordinarily in high humidity areas misting really doesn't do any good, here during the hottest part of the day the humidity is lower; it's actually "only" 59% at the moment.
Here's everyone trying to stay cool around the dust bathing bin.
