Chicken Graduation

Today our "teenage" laying chickens graduated to the big yard with the other adult hens. No graduation is complete without plenty of pomp and circumstance, so we made this event quite memorable for them. We trimmed their wing to make sure they wouldn't fly over the fence and gave them each a new ankle bracelet to make them distinguishable from our other more mature Cinnamon Queens. Since they weren't very familiar with their new home, we had to hand-tuck them into their bed in the coop tonight after dark. We thought giving them a little time of adjustment would help them settle in better. We hope they integrate well into the rest of the flock this week before we move them out onto the pasture next week. Two more months and we will have 52 laying hens--eggcelent!