We have been taking the girls outside every other day or so depending on the weather. They are still not scratching up the turf much, but seem to really enjoy pecking around the weeds.
They are very tame and well socialized (though I say so myself).
Some new arrangements are in place now in the chicken condo. We have continued to raise the light each Monday. The chickens loved jumping on both their food and water containers and were constantly knocking them over as a result. This week we switched over to the adult waterer and feeder. I was worried because it takes up some of the room in their house, but they seem to be fine with it. The adult waterer is just a 5 gallon feed bucket that we put poultry nipples in the bottom of.
Ducky is more curious than scared of the kids at this point. She is looking for any bugs that they might drop her way. The chickens figured out their new waterer in less than 5 minutes. They are curious girls and came over to peck at the nipples right away. At first, they just gave them a quick wack and ran the other way, and then finally stepped right up to get a good drink.
Having the waterer and feeder hanging side by side seemed to take up all the room in the other box, so I decided to set the feeder up on bricks in the corner of the second box. That way they cannot perch on it or kick the food out. They still managed to tip it over once already, so I might have to secure it some other way. It will be another 4-5 weeks before the coop is ready for them to move outside.
Sheba, our Australorp, has been the slowest to get her feathers and still has quite a bit of her white baby fuzz. She is calm and easy going and we all love holding her.
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