Growing feathers and starting a coop

Here's the beginnings of my chicken coop. It's a doghouse that I bought on Craigslist. It has a nice shingled roof, but it's so heavy that I'm waiting to have JP put in back on until the coop is done.

This chick is so cute! When it hatched we noticed that it didn't have any hair on his neck. I thought maybe he was sick and would die. Turns out, it's a Naked Neck Turken, which is just a different breed of chicken. He looks like a little old man. Marlie is particularly fond on this guy and named him special.


Here's our babies! They are one week old in this picture. This is 13 of them, Marlie was holding one when I took the picture. They are getting to big for this box, I'll need to move them very soon.

Their wing feathers are starting to grow in, and they are so cute! This little one will probably be black and white speckled.

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Just Janet... said…
I don't know how you have the time... however I have enjoyed you sharing this experience. Thanks!

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