I moved the chickens into the big coop today.  It was a lot harder than I thought it would be.

This morning one of the roosters crowed for the first time.  It startled me from sleep.  At first I thought something was being strangled.  It wasn’t your typical crow, instead sounding more like a creaky gate opening.  Or like something was being strangled.  Only after hearing it three or four times did I realize it…

My order of baby chicks arrived on May 20th.  I’d placed an order for 12 female and 3 male americaunas and a straight run of black breasted red modern game fowl.  McMurray Hatchery added a rare/exotic chick. I lost 2 of the chicks over the first few days.  One was an americauna and one was…