gcvmom
Here we go again!
I know what you mean, Abbey. My mom thinks we should have waited until we know for certain that they're all hens before naming them. Too late now!
Anyhoo... that picture I posted is about a week old now. They spent the last two mornings and the better part of the afternoons in the kids' old wooden sandbox with plastic netting secured to the top. I made some shade and put a plastic milk crate upside down for them to hide in, then scattered some pine shavings and stuck their food and water in. They LOVE it! With all the extra room they can flap and run around all they want. Butterscotch can fly up about a foot now with the new wing feathers that have come in. She surprised me and got up on the edge of the aquarium when I took the lid off today.
Had to bring them all in around 1:30pm tho--- it was getting really hot and the poor little things were panting
I figure husband has about two, maybe three more weekends before he has to get some kind of run built for them... I emailed a link with construction ideas to him today.
Anyhoo... that picture I posted is about a week old now. They spent the last two mornings and the better part of the afternoons in the kids' old wooden sandbox with plastic netting secured to the top. I made some shade and put a plastic milk crate upside down for them to hide in, then scattered some pine shavings and stuck their food and water in. They LOVE it! With all the extra room they can flap and run around all they want. Butterscotch can fly up about a foot now with the new wing feathers that have come in. She surprised me and got up on the edge of the aquarium when I took the lid off today.
Had to bring them all in around 1:30pm tho--- it was getting really hot and the poor little things were panting
I figure husband has about two, maybe three more weekends before he has to get some kind of run built for them... I emailed a link with construction ideas to him today.