"Peeper" - Roughly Two Weeks Ago
So...I have chickens! I have a straight run of 10 barred Plymouth Rocks. Above is a picture of the one which has been dubbed Peeper. It's pretty easy to figure out how Peeper came by its name. On the way home from Ideal Poultry there was one voice which rose out of the box of chicks above the rest. When we got home and were depositing the chicks in the brooder we figured out which one was causing all the noise, and thus Peeper got its name.I'm excited about the chickens, fresh eggs and meat sound just about fantastic. They're extremely interesting to watch too. I can spend hours watching the chicks do their thing, and I'm sure they're going to be getting quite a bit more interesting as they get older.
"Peeper" - Yesterday
One thing about chickens, they grow like crazy. Two and a half weeks makes all the difference. They're flying out of the brooder now and starting to squabble amongst themselves a little now. It's about time for better housing for them. Enter the chicken coop....
"The Coop" - Work in Progress
So the coop is a work in progress at the moment, I hope the be done as soon as possible because the natives are getting a little restless in their brooder. The coop will give them much more fresh air and room to run around in.
