It's official: the chicks have moved to the big house. No, I don't mean the chicken coop -- they're much too small for that! I mean that they are in the jailhouse now. Let me explain...
I came home yesterday morning to find one lonely Buff Orpington standing outside the brooder looking very lost and confused. The chick was desperately trying to get back in, but couldn't figure out how. Yep, the chicks can already fly out of our little brooder. Luckily, I hadn't been gone for long, so the chick was returned to safety unharmed, but we did have to take drastic measures to make sure that no one else got left out in the cold.
To keep everyone in, we surrounded the brooder with some orange fencing we had hanging around. It works great even if it looks like the chicks are now in prison.
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