New Digs

The girls have moved out of the house! They are 7 weeks old now and fully feathered so they are able to handle the outdoors.  We buried hardware mesh under a boarder of large bricks and then filled the bottom of the coop with sand. I was going to bury cinder blocks under the edge of the coop but I couldn't find any around town. There are padlocks on each point of entry to keep raccoons out and I fortified the bottom of the nesting box. I hope they are safe from anything that digs and anything with thumbs. The girls have a heat lamp inside to keep them warm at night and I have blankets on two sides to block the wind. Even with gusting winds this morning the girls were happily exploring their new digs and hunting for num nums.