After Micah woke up, we were excited to check on the chickens to see how they weathered the first night. We had some friends over for dinner the night before and they said we didn't need to wait for a week before free ranging the chickens (as they would surely know after one night where food and shelter could be found). So, we opened the door and Liam positioned the ramp. The chickens were slow to emerge and were cautious in exploring their new territory. But after all eight eventually exited the coop, Micah opened up the nesting boxes and found 2 eggs which we scrambled up for breakfast. Tasty!
The chickens roamed around the yard much of the day, foraging around looking for bugs to snap up with their beaks. We introduced our dog, Juke, to the chickens and he, predictably, didn't care. So far, so good! Even day one of cleaning poop out of the coop wasn't too bad. Ask me in a week, though!
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