Day in keeping chickens

Today, Mary went out to put the chickens in the run. When I walked out she was chasing a chicken around the chicken chalet because it had escaped while she was trying to transfer them. It was quite the comical sight and a nice way to start the morning.

Mary spent the evening screening over the nest boxes. The chickens have been using them to sleep at night which is a habit we need to break. We don't want them pooping all night in the box where they are going to lay eggs. It makes for very dirty eggs. We are trying to break them of this before they start laying eggs. We have not been very successful so far.

We were not able to introduce them to the perch at a young age so they are not real keen on using it for sleeping like most normal chickens do. Unfortunately, tonight they were able to get over the screen area in one section so they were all 3 trying to squeeze into a 1x1x2 foot space which was pretty funny to watch. I put the one chicken who could not fit back there on the perch and she was not real happy with it. So tonight, we have 2 chickens trying to sleep in a little area and 1 chicken trying to figure out where to sleep.

We will reattach the screen tomorrow and try putting them back on the perch tomorrow night. Hopefully, when they have no where else to sleep they will resort to the perch. Wish us luck!