The Chicken Coop is Almost Done!

The chickies continue their phenomenal growth! They have outgrown their Rubbermaid tubs (we had five in one and four in the other.) They have begun to squabble a bit and try to fly back and forth in the tubs. Sooo, to give them a little more room, we bought a third tub and now there are three in each. They seem calmer now that they have a bit more room.

Kate was working out in the garden one day and took some of the chickies out and put them in the fenced garden. They immediately began pecking away at bugs and bits of whatever and acting just like chickens! That went along just fine until Mikiko discovered that she could fit through the fence and popped right out, followed by Betty and Peggy Sue. Back into the house....

Here are updated photos of some of the Girls:

The Three Wyandottes:

At three weeks old, here are Mikiko, Emily and Annabelle:

Here's Betty's three-week old picture. She remains the most curious of the bunch.

Progress continues on the girls' new home. The roof is nearly complete and now has boards over the rafters, but we had to cover it with a tarp for a few days due to on-going rain. The wire has been nailed to the building and buried two feet down, with most of the trench filled in around the structure.

On the garden front, lettuce is planted and already coming up, and the peas are up half an inch already. Kate planted melons and 22 tomato plants this week.