Coop Updates

Wow!  What a super busy weekend.  We worked inside and outside to get things ready for the girls to spent their first night in the coop.  They survived.  I was a nervous mamma hen peeking out the window several times throughout the night.  I had the radio on, blinking lights and the windows and doors locked down as tight as Fort Knox.  I think it would take a bear to break through some of those barriers. 

I checked on them this morning and although it was a bit chilly (only 55 degrees), they were ok.  Most were running around and ready for their breakfast.  The heat lamp should hold them over until it warms up today.

Whew! Being a mamma hen is hard work!

Here is a bit of the work we did this weekend and some pictures of the girls as they enjoyed their new home.

Let the fun begin!

Grass clippings in the nesting boxes and pine shavings for the floor.

The door is in.

It would take a bear to get in that window.

Cindy doesn't look thrilled.

Supervising.

Lola enjoys the nesting boxes.

The girls in their new home.

Cindy and Lola making friends.

Pearl and one of the barred rocks
(Gladys, Marge, Ruth or Agnes-we aren't sure which is which). 

Now that is a look!

Stella Mae

The girls enjoy the dirt and ash spa.

Trying out the new door.

Ahhh, sunbathing!

Opal checking out some bugs.

Fun in the coop.

The run is coming along nicely...

Just a reminder...from before.