The time has come! The biddies are getting too big and too stinky to live with us in our house. They're going through one continual growth spurt! In fact, the Ameraucanas are now noticeably larger than the Dominiques. It's amazing how quickly their wing feathers grow in. These chicks now have the ability to fly right out of their little black tub. Of course, they don't know that. Escape would be purely accidental.
Today I moved them into the chicken coop, temporarily housed under a wire mesh quonset hut while Rouse builds a weather-proof "nursery" at one end of the safe zone. In the past, I've had to move our young chicks morning and night between this indoor "cage" and a blocked off section of the great outdoors ... still within the safe zone, of course. I'm looking forward to having a secure space dedicated to the biddies during their coming-of-age stage.
Chicks must be protected from predators, inclement weather, and the cruelty of the pecking order of the mature chickens in the flock. These little girls will certainly have their chance to establish their place when they're older and not so vulnerable!
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