Chicks' New Digs: The Vegetable Garden

Our first batch of chickens is here and growing fast.  This year, instead of putting the chicks out in their field runs at 2 weeks old, Milan made new chick housing in our vegetable garden!  It all started when I was lamenting the bug population in the garden -- one of the big "joys" of being an organic gardener.  I told Milan I would like to get about a dozen laying hens and turn them loose in there once in a while to peck up some well-fed, organic bugs.  He suggested putting the meat chickens in the garden for a week or two instead.  Well, why not, right?  Worth a try... as long as we still get to eat some of the strawberries ourselves! 

Daddy and his little helper.  It's not Milan's style to "just get 'er done", but this time, his goal was to use all scrap wood and not have to cut a single piece.  That way, he did get 'er done in under 2 hours.

And there they are, all 125 still doing just fine.  We moved them 20 at a time in a box to their new digs, then locked them inside the coop for a day just to let them adjust to the idea that this is home.  On day two, the door was opened, and here they come!

Wheee!  I can *almost* fly!  Who said White Cornish X were lazy?!