Chicks again

It's difficult to capture a pic of the chicks looking up when they're outside, because all you usually see is fuzzy butts and bent heads. Above is Rosie, searching for a tasty morsel and enjoying not being in the box inside. Today they were stuck inside all day due to rain and our absence, and were peeping madly when we got home. So we covered the rug in the living room, made a little pen and we all sat down to watch Shrek 2 together while the chicks ran about and got some exercise.

Bandit and Fly are really feathering out. And having a blast scratching in the thinnings from the pea teepee.

Now that we took the planks from our temp pen to build the nest boxes, this is what we're using to contain the girls outside. Not too sturdy, but does make it easier to catch them at the end of the day. And the love the shelter Dante built them -- they like to roost on top of it too when they're tired.