Tuesday, April 6, 2010  Keeping Chickens, Part 3: Coop; When &
How  Can I just say how happy I am that tomorrow I get to
mentally download (explode?) all over this blog about the big
news?  I think I just did.  Until tomorrow, then...  Today,
we're talkin' 'bout chickens.  So your chickies are now 4-6
weeks old, it's getting warmer outside, the sun is shining
longer, and it's time to introduce the awkward, adolescent
pullets (hens 1 year or younger) to the world.  When I say
awkward, I mean awkward. Bye-bye, cute little balls of puff.
 Although at this point they look a lot more like chickens, they
still peep like chicks.  It's just... awkward, I tell you.  But
I must say, it sure is easier kicking them out of their warm
brood and into the world when they look like this...  Like I
said before, ideally, you'll have the coop ready before you even
bring the tiny chicks home (time flies by when you're keeping
chicks).  That ideal didn't happen for us; Jeremy hammered the
last nail in the coop the day the adolesce