Back in April we bought a dozen chicks, Buff Orpingtons. They were just a few days old, no way to tell how many hens or roosters we had.
They spent several weeks in a dog cage in the laundry room and grew very fast.
I built a brooder for them out of scrap wood.
Moving out to the former puppy pen.
Building a coop.
They like watermelon.
Now in September they have started laying. We had 5 hens, 6 roosters, and 1...transgender? Probably a rooster; he and 3 other roosters got banished from the chicken pen by 3 tough roosters.
The fence is 5 feet tall. Not tall enough to keep them in.
The "puppies" found the 4 outcasts. Dogfood bill went down for a day, chickenfeed bill went down for until we hatch some more chicks.
Why do we say "dogfood" and "chickenfeed"?
Why does "dogfeed" and "chickenfood" sound so odd?
