So much for not having anything else today. To begin with, one of the chicks (the light brahma, actually) got herself up to the bar in the hutch today. According to my research, they don't even need a bar for roosting until they're 3 or 4 weeks old, and even then, it's suggested to place it about 4" from the bottom so that they can reach it. This one is at least 6" up, and she reached it with no problem. Very impressive.
Also, I've been doing a lot of thinking about the design for their outdoor home. I may have come up with the perfect option, but I need to do a lot more thinking about it. There is currently a small enclosed room at the back of our garage. At the moment, its only purpose is for storage, but I've been wanting to clean it out for awhile now. And now I have a reason: I want to cut another door into the back wall of the garage, opening onto that room, and turn the room itself into their 'coop'. It already has insulation in the form of carpet padding tacked to the walls; all the room needs is some paneling to cover the padding, and some ventilation to make it appropriate for the chickens.
Our garage itself isn't in the greatest shape, and will need to be either seriously re-built, or torn down and replaced (probably within the next 5 years or so); but this is the perfect idea for the chickens for now, and if it works well, we can redo it once the garage is rebuilt or replaced. I'll have to spend some serious time brainstorming and designing, but I think it can be done fairly easily. Voila! -- permanent outdoor housing for the chickens, without the need for a building permit to create it from scratch. Works for me!
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