Chicken Nuggets-Part II

Well, I intended to blog earlier on this. The Chickens have grown up quite a bit in the last few weeks as you can see from the pictures. I have built this makeshift cage for them. We put them out in the yard during the day and return them to a crate at night with the heat lamp to keep them warm and safe. The outdoors cage is moved around to different spots of the yard each day. The chickens seem to enjoy being in this outdoor cage with fresh air and bugs to pick at. Sometimes, I will find a moth and throw it into their cage. One of them grabs it and then frantically runs away from the others in an effort to eat the moth before it is taken away. The dogs, although curious, are doing a good job of not eating our chickens. It looks from their development that we have two hens and two roosters. Maybe we can get a few eggs from the hens. My daughter is really good at handling the chickens. She will grab them up and transfer them between cages without any fear. So far this has been fun without much work.