Today I installed a wooden roost in the chicken habitat, so the girls can sit up high without teetering on the stick that they are rapidly outgrowing.
The installation process kind of freaked them out, in much the same way that a large razor blade coming through your house walls might freak you out.
I was just starting to feel bad and think I should have waited until they were out playing with Noel one day, when they started to drop off to sleep. I guess they were not that freaked out.
I still find it really funny how they just sort of face-plant when they fall asleep.
The other thing I've been doing lately is spying on them with Chicken Cam. I looked today to see if they were enjoying the new roost, and they definitely seem to be using it. Now so much Joan (I'm guessing it's a bit too warm up there for a black chicken to feel really comfortable), but the others have been hanging out on the roost.
I think this is a little grooming festival (Joan is right under the roost here).
There's a lot of this: three girls up, one girl walking around below.
But they're still babies, so when they want to go to sleep, for the most part they climb down and make a big chicken pile in the corner.
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