The Move To New Digs **Pic Heavy**

[Cetawin]

Okay they had finally gotten to crowded in my garden tub and I was tired of bleaching and scrubbing the tub every morning so I have moved them to newer bigger digs in the safety of the garage for the nights.

When I was brooding my 6 very spoiled chickens last year, as they got older they moved from tote, to big box to portable hot tub frame. So out came my hot tub frame again (I really should be using it for a hot tub but the animals seem to need it when I do).

Their pool is inside the hot tub frame which gives them a secure wall around them so they do not get out and get into anything cute and SHINY in the garage like a stray screw or something.

They are loving it, I on the other hand am a nervous ninny and am constantly running outside to check on them...it is going to be a long night I think.

Here they are:

Overall view of the setup

Them checking it out

They have a 1.5 gallon waterer and 2 deep dishes of water to dunk heads and a tray feeder. Oh and heat lamp to go on before I go to bed.

Content duckie

Bedding down for the night

So, in the morning they go out to the chicken tractor and their little tub to play in and I shall carry the pool straight to the compost pile and back to garage. I think they will be very happy in the new digs with more room and a very dry place to sleep as opposed to everything getting wet. And I know they are safe. YAY!

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

Very nice set up.

And forget the Hot Tub, raising chicks and ducks are way more fun.

 

[insiderart]

LOL! Look how much water they have smeared around already in there!

 

[Dances with Ducks]

Good idea, that pool does double duty as a brooder and a lightweight container to carry the bedding! I use the straw as plant mulch, helps keep and the weeds down and the ground from getting too dry.
I really enjoy these pics! The WH look bigger than the Anconas. Looks like they are all getting to that dinosaur phase!

 

[Wifezilla]

I love that teenager phase. They are so goofy they are cute

 

[Cetawin]

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The GWH seem to have shot out in length past the Anconas which are a larger breed duck but the anconas have added width. So, I am watching them change constantly which is totally cool. The Anconas were much bigger at first, then the GWH were bigger then bak again and now they seem to be growing in opposite directions.

I use the straw in my garden too. I scooped that out into the fall garden bed this morning for composting and the shavings went to the compost pile.