Chicken Hotel

Well, not a hotel really. But a nice, warm, BIG, horse stall with lots of fluffy bedding.

I moved the chicks today. They spent their first two weeks in a small cage in my garage. If you've ever raised meat birds before, you already understand why having 26 of them in your garage is a bad idea. Those little 8 ounce birds really raise a stink. Literally. When I opened the garage door, the smell wafted out like a gaseous cloud. Before you think to yourself "Clean the cage!" let me just say that "I did!" It takes less than 24 hours to acquire the "fragrance" of which I speak. So, with the warmer weather and my nose telling me it's time, I decided to make the big move and put them where they'll spend the night for the rest of their lives. In the barn.