Layers
The girls are still kind of cute-- they've moved out of the house into the big dog crate that formerly held the meat birds. Their feathers are starting to come in, and you can start to see their feather patterns.
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| The crate is large enough for a branch, and they enjoy roosting on it. |
They get a lot of entertainment from grass, sand, and digging through the pine shavings. They will be in the crate for a little while longer before moving into the coop. I'd like to have their run set up before I move them, and the electric chicken fence won't be here until the end of may.
They are also flighty-- they tend to panic whenever I move around above them or take the lid off of their cage. I won't be too worried about them getting picked off by a hawk when they're outside.
Meat Chickens
These guys are not so cute and are getting HUGE! They're at least twice as big as the layers, and they moved into their side of the chicken coop a couple of weeks ago. They are always underfoot, and are obsessed with eating. They will lay down in front of the feeders and just eat. Right now, they only have access to feed for 12 hours a day so they won't grow too fast and break a leg or have a heart attack.
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| Notice that some of the chickens have lost all of their downy, chick feathers, but haven't yet replaced them with regular feathers since they're growing so quickly (which makes them look kind of freaky). The wonders of genetics and selective breeding... |
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