Checked on the girls this morning, all was good except no straw in the roost. My guess is that it eventually works it's way thru the spaces between the boards and we end up with none inside the roost. I scraped out the poop, combined it with straw, leaves and apples from the ground and piled it in the compost bin. I moved the oyster shell container and the water deep into their respective corners so they were less likely to tip over (while I was there, several chickens worked their way behind the bowl and the water and nearly tipped them over. I'll check on them this afternoon to see if it helped.
As far as naming goes, since we have 6 new hens and there are 6 grades (K thru 5) I thought it might be nice to let each class come up with a name for a hen. That way the kids can feel as if they got to name a chicken. I love "Flash" and it has a wonderful history, but I'd like to get as much buy in form the kids as possible. What does everyone think?
BRuce
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