Inside the Coop

Have you been wondering about the mysteries that lay (ha ha) inside the coop?  To learn about what happens on roosts and in nesting boxes, you must enter the coop.

There it is, the mysterious back door.  You can see the two latches that help keep our chickens safe.

Unlock the latches, open the door, and there you can see two roosts.  It's not chicken bedtime yet though, so I can't show you how the birds line up at night to sleep (stay tuned).  And yes, they sleep perched on roosts just as they would sleep on the branches of trees if they were in the wild, off the ground where it is safe.  Did you know that chickens can't see in the dark?  Once the lights are out, they are helpless and that is one of the reasons they stay locked up tight at night on their roosts.  Safety. 

Here's another view of the roosts, the round door to the chicken run, and a little blue glass window. 

Here are the two nesting boxes that the chickens share.  Those are not eggs in the nesting boxes, but golf balls, two per nest.  That's a little trick we learned that helps remind our hens where to put the goods.  Each morning when we fetch eggs, we find them in a tight little circle with the golf balls.

  That's Lou, coming to see what I'm making such a big fuss about.

And there's the boss, Fitz, making sure that Lou isn't causing any chicken trouble.