The young chicks made the move into the large pen with the other 3 older hens a week or 2 ago. Ever since we've been going in there at night and perching them on the branch with the other girls (they huddle in a corner otherwise - not safe and very damp in the recent weather.) Tonight when I went out there, the two black australorps (Henrietta and Dorothy) were perched all by themselves. Buffy (the buff orpington ) had gotten as far as the nesting box before giving up.
It was a sweet scene - they're almost there. I better hurry on the new nesting boxes, they should be laying by the fall and might start any week now.
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