Moving Out

Charcoal and Mellow on the roost.

Today I decided to start moving the baby chicks into the coop. They were already completely feathered and were getting too big for the indoor ferret cage.

 "Bawk-bawk-buaaaaaaw." the chickies whined, they were already filed up ready to come inside the house. I one by one carried each of them to their new coop and closed the door. They paced back and forth not knowing what to do and wanting to get out.

The baby chicks already to go inside. 

*Please note that the outside looks really late at night, but it's actually the flash that cause the color change in the background*

 I reluctantly opened the coop door again and put them on the roost, waited a few minutes to make sure that they didn't jump off, then closed it.

Top and bottom: They little flock examines the coops interesting surroundings.

Lemon and  Mellow quickly settled down to sleep while Charcoal still whining paced along the roost bar. In the end they all calmed down and were quiet except for a few "beeuups" and "bawks" announcing their existence here and there.

As they settled down, the chicks huddled together for their first night outside.