Well, it's happened. We finally got fed up with having ever-larger chicks and a full-grown chicken in the house. So this weekend, I hauled the shavings in the tub to the compost bin and put the Luna and the chicks to bed in the bottom of the coop. I shut the door to the top so the rest of the crew wouldn't come downstairs in the morning and harass them, and while there were lots of protesting peeps at the beginning of the night, they settled down to sleep by dark.
Also, during the day they've all been running about freely in the yard, and when we toss treats out, they all come together. Yes the bigger chickens peck the little ones (what a sad little squeak this elicits!) to warn them to back off, but the little ones sneak plenty anyway.
So I kept hearing noise from the part of the yard where Dante has set his trap for the racoon. Not his trap, in fact. He borrowed River's larger trap since the racoon seemed able to sneak the food out of his smaller trap without actually getting in it. Well, he's had no luck with the racoon yet, but look what he caught yesterday! Poor Bandit.
While they stick stay in her general vicinity, the chicks do allow more and more distance between themselves and Luna these days.
I was taking the pictures at dusk, so most of them came out blurry, but here's a relative close shot of one of the darker BLRW chicks.
Well, it's happened. We finally got fed up with having ever-larger chicks and a full-grown chicken in the house. So this weekend, I hauled the shavings in the tub to the compost bin and put the Luna and the chicks to bed in the bottom of the coop. I shut the door to the top so the rest of the crew wouldn't come downstairs in the morning and harass them, and while there were lots of protesting peeps at the beginning of the night, they settled down to sleep by dark.
Also, during the day they've all been running about freely in the yard, and when we toss treats out, they all come together. Yes the bigger chickens peck the little ones (what a sad little squeak this elicits!) to warn them to back off, but the little ones sneak plenty anyway.
So I kept hearing noise from the part of the yard where Dante has set his trap for the racoon. Not his trap, in fact. He borrowed River's larger trap since the racoon seemed able to sneak the food out of his smaller trap without actually getting in it. Well, he's had no luck with the racoon yet, but look what he caught yesterday! Poor Bandit.
While they stick stay in her general vicinity, the chicks do allow more and more distance between themselves and Luna these days.
I was taking the pictures at dusk, so most of them came out blurry, but here's a relative close shot of one of the darker BLRW chicks.
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