So whatever happened with those chickens you ask?? Yes, with the birth of Nyla the chickens took a bit of a back seat, so here we are now with the flock at almost 16 weeks old! We ended up brooding them in our basement until they were about 8 weeks and then moved the entire operation to the garage (got too stinky for the basement!) Scott and the kids built a pen with high, cardboard walls to contain them until their new home was ready. The "egg mobile", built by our friend Stefan Penas, was delivered to us in early May and we moved the chickens out to the farm on May 13. The egg mobile has been moving around the farm every 5-7 days since then and the chickens are thrilled to be foraging on pastures with real, live bugs! We should have eggs by the end of July so stayed tuned for news on that! Let's get caught up with some photos.....
Gracie with the chickens in our garage!
The coop arrives at our house.
Gracie is checking out the inside. There are 8 nesting boxes and 4 roosts.
Gracie is sanding the windows (they are from the old hog house at the farm)
Windows get a fresh coat of white paint.
Coop is complete and ready to move to the farm!
Chickens are loaded and ready to leave. Check out those nice windows!
Egg Mobile arrives at the farm!
Chickens aren't too sure yet.
Luke helps some find their way outside. The rest quickly follow.
