The broilers are outta here!

I should wait until tomorrow, so I can have some pictures for you, but I was so excited (and finally had half a second... and then Ben came in :)

Anyway, Eric and I finished up the coop--we put flashing in where there were gaps (okay, where something made entrance holes, and in anticipation of where they might try to again), he cut the exit holes bigger. I have the dividers secured, we put in the DE (diatomaceous earth) and hay. The hens are happy, and went outside on their own today (we've re-enclosed an area for them). Five eggs today! The broilers are all on the east side of the coop. They look so tiny!!! Oh, and the best of the best, Eric wired the coop! (I helped a little yesterday, but it was too cold by the time we started wiring, and today, Ben is sick, so Eric finished it up.) So, now we have a light switch, and outlets! :)

The seven from the living room are in the broilers old kennel, and just look confused--they can see out the sides!!! The ducks have to share their light, so I had to put the kennels close together, and they are currently pecking at each other. The chicks are huddling close to the ducks, and the ducks are checking them out. Lizzie, our big Khaki Campbell doesn't seem to like them, but Hercules, our biggest Pekin doesn't seem to mind. Oh, and we've named them.

The Cochin is Penguin ('cause it looks like one) the Polish Crested are Amelia, Bernice, and Travis. (Amelia would fly out a lot. Bernice just looks like a Bernice, and Travis is, well, you'll have to talk to Tory about that one.) The Silkies are still all Mommies (except Chirpy-Chirpy-Chirps-A-Lot that is the most vocal). The Pekins are (biggest, bigger, big) Hercules, Pegasus, and Meg. The Cayugas are Avatar, Katara, Sokka, and Jet (he's the loner one). The Khaki Campbell's are Lizzie (the biggest one) Gus (the blond-beaked one), Juanita (the one that sleeps with it's one leg extended) Gretchen, and Trout. The first set are from Hercules, the next from Avatar (Ben named these) and the last set if from The Boyfriend School (I say this instead of Don't Tell Her It's Me, because Juanita is in the book, and not the movie, and it's Gretchen-not Emily.) And the only one that will understand is my Laura. Who doesn't read this. :) Ah, well, it's a good book, and a good movie. Now I'm a-waitin' for Eric's laundry to get done. A very busy weekend on the farm.