Monday Evening

All is well with the girls tonight. I read Amy's post before heading to the coop this afternoon. Erin was right...there was a lot of straw in the hen house under the nesting boxes. Per Amy's instructions we removed all the straw from the hen house and distributed it around the floor of the coop. There was hardly any poop in it and what we did find we put in the compost.

We did find one of the girls standing patiently on one foot in the northern most nesting box when we checked for eggs tonight. So far that is first time I've seen a chicken in one of the boxes. She wasn't startled when I opened the door and didn't even move till we nudged her out of the way to clean out some poop. Maybe they are getting more comfortable now and are close to laying some eggs!

Good night....

Geoff and Sarah