THE CHICKENS ARE ESCAPING!

oh my goodness they've done broke out and they none of them died all right be ready okay it is graduation day for some of our chicks I think these guys especially are almost fully feathered okay it's not officially graduated today but what it is is you get to come outside and enjoy some fresh grass and sunshine they're big enough and then we will still bring them in at night Kevin what are you doing so Kevin is massive somebody said he'll outgrow that thing in two weeks they were right he's a gentleman enjoy the grass you don't even know what to do do you know I think these might be my favorite I don't I think they're the Millie floors I think they were in the Bantam box though who knows what's up and then this does does this look like catnip yeah I think these are prairie Bluebell Acres so they'll look like Pearl when they get bigger I don't know what you are don't know what you are don't know what you are either I don't know what you are good morning guys how are you today is a bit crazy we have a missing kitten it's been missing for a couple days now we realized it was gone the other day the other morning we saw it two of them were missing one of the big ones and one of the smaller ones and they were there in the morning and then like halfway through the day realized we hadn't seen them in a while and they usually hide and you know whatever all throughout the garage or around the house um not around the house but like around the outside of the house well we looked in all the places didn't see them day kept going still never saw them and they usually would come out at least a small one and we realized or later that evening the Milo the bigger cat came running from the woods we heard meowing and we were like what is that it's like after dinner time and we ran out and saw him coming from like the wooded area to our left and he had a little bit of blood on his nose looked like maybe he got some Bramble or something like that didn't look like they got into a fight or anything just more like like a little scratch on his nose that was bleeding and a little scratch on his head but it didn't look like you know I mean it just looked like a couple little scrape scrapes so maybe he got scared ran into some Bramble because there's a lot of that in there and we're kind of thinking now maybe the small cat opal went into do the woods with him maybe followed him in there and then got left that's our only thought like the fact they both went missing in one you know at the same time but she never came back and that was Marin's cat anyways it's just like it's been a kind of rough couple days Danielle's been like in the woods looking for this cat I just I'm like Daniel I don't know if we're gonna find this cat if I'm like maybe someone picked it up like so let's keep checking like the pages and the websites that might have like missing cats in the area but she's out there again today she's looking she wants to find that cat she's upset about it as are the kids so my girls Adeline and EV are making lunch we don't have any bread but we do have tons of these siete almond flour wraps you bought them when they're on sale at Costco so we stocked up so we always have an abundance of those and they are making peanut butter and jelly wraps or Roll-Ups rather is that what they're called yeah we had a problem but I think I fixed it I'm about to find out the chickens were not laying they're not really laying at all two of them are laying I think that some of them are molting so they don't really lay when they're molting hopefully they melt quickly but the ones that are laying aren't laying in the nesting boxes and I think it's because they were just milk crates we only have pine shavings and the pine shavings were falling right through the bottom because the crate obviously this is what the bottom looks like so I was like do I buy hay or do I just put something down and I thought you know what we already have pine shavings let me see so I got these painting trays and I just cut it I measured the inside it was 12 inches I cut it at 12 inches then I did that now we got this wooden egg I'm just gonna hope they get the memo so I got two of them I think it's gonna do it babe I'm excited give him a couple days and those things will have six eggs in there maybe even seven from the rooster I don't I don't think that's how that works all right look look girls look I got you the present nice little nesting box here we need to spread out oh no what we have two escapees attack yet they haven't been picked today maybe they're faster than this that's funny didn't see that one's coming you want to get back in well maybe our our chickens will just be very accepting and kind to new hens new chicks which I'm hopeful about you know yeah that's like the best case scenario that they're just like oh cool we got more friends there you go isn't it funny that they already know where their safe spot is like he got out but he's trying to get back in with the rest of the flock see it's a sheep I hope it's a sheep come on I will call you princess buttercup oh gosh all right everybody's coming out might be a bad idea yeah it's gonna be not fun to catch them later oh no Kevin you stay in there oh Peter just packed him Peter pecker oh dear what's happening I think he gets bullied around here so I think he's trying to find someone to bully foreign listen I'm watching them look how she's laying low hmm this is questionable figure one of two ways you could have to jump in there and save but luckily the big chickens will run if we even reach for them that one's a little bit of Interest over there you might want to come back in here everybody else is and that one's trying to go through and we'll see it came through that way there you go and fold it yay no chicks were harmed in the making of this when they got picked by Pierre I think Siri all right nesting boxes are in look isn't that cute up there they got their own little you can just hop on that perch hop up lay an egg or two love it did you know that we have done something for you two wow oh my goodness they've done broke out and they none of them died Hallelujah but they're probably cold okay this is hilarious remember all that work I did with the nesting boxes obviously the birds have been in them they've been in there they've been shuffling things around but still not getting the memo although this is is that Lucy's egg that's greenish it is I think it's Lucy this one came out you have one not listing give that one just in case now we gotta get these birds all the little ones back inside it's gonna be too cold for them out here tonight the best way that I can think is to put the bottom back in okay Slide the bottom back in there you will hopefully get the memo in or out kids in or out off of it right yeah you're good no toes left behind Excellence now we'll get the rest of them y'all have been very good hostesses for the little chicks thanks for not beating them up too much except for you maybe Peter Peter the rooster you just pick on the littlest things don't you is that cause you get picked on all the time he's terrified of everything it's a duck no we're good gentle gentle There You Go Gentle off we are never gonna catch them out yeah get over here oh you lost it you might need it oh that it's just it's extra disgusting out here because the chickens have been out here all right if you'll take the boy out I can probably snatch them up all right be ready to catch up you get them get one catch them up Marion snatch it up grab it come on nice oh don't let it get through the net oh Danielle's got her a triplet all right hold it open for Mia okay we have some naughty Birds naughty little chicks okay how did y'all get out oh we probably get from here yeah but how did that happen I went under they look like their little bats are all bare they probably didn't get all packed up all right you guys need to get back oh oh no come on come on lifts up the door lift it all the way up don't drop it on them okay there we go what's your plan I have to get my taste some hanging right through it I can play a trick oh she's got a wiggly too so what I'm gonna do is I'm going to get I was I got my tooth um so there you go I'm gonna leave that it's all now you can buy this one and so many music guys said I'm Dad I'm afraid of my tooth is gonna fall out my mom's sleeping and he said no it happened it would have to be hanging in my head so I'm gonna get hanging by a thread tonight and then I'm gonna sit down I'm afraid if my tooth is gonna fall up while I'm sleeping and then it'll be like because last time we said okay we're gonna have to probably get it out before you go to bed and so now I'm going to do it and I'm going to go and I'm gonna be able to get it out before I go to bed all right diabolical there's Addie's chicken 30. where are your eggs ma'am you've been letting us down lately okay let's see that's from your chicken yeah morning from Lucy but that's been out here since yesterday and then we've got just another wooden egg we got our chickens back right in time for them to be molting so they're not laying eggs you can tell that they're molting because of all the feathers in their Coop look at it it's insane okay so the nice thing about this specific build is that the hardware cloth on the bottom allows most of the poop to fall through so instead of having litter that we have to change and clean out you know muck out the chicken coop that was like everybody's least favorite task that I know that has chickens or had them growing up you don't have to do that the poop falls through it'll fertilize the ground and then we move it to different locations so since we've had them here they've had it there in that corner in this corner and then we're getting ready to move the whole fencing system it's super easy take it down stick them back in the ground we're gonna move it to another section of our property and we'll do the same thing we'll move the coop around so not it doesn't get like too torn up anywhere but it's really nice because it keeps them safe at night they have their roosting bars in there they sit on nothing can get up through that it is like I said heavy duty hardware cloth it's not chicken wire the same thing on the outsides heavy duty hardware cloth and these are like half inch so nothing's getting in there and then they have a nice perch on the inside next to their nesting boxes which the rooster is currently hanging out on he is actually afraid of most of the hens so that's interesting hey buddy his name's Peter like Peter Pan from Hook because Peter Pan crows in that movie it's been working beautifully we've had zero issues so far the chickens love it during the day and honestly our bedroom window has a view of this so at night sometimes I shine a flashlight out and look I've not seen anything we have smelled skunk a couple times in the morning so I don't know if one has maybe tested the electric fence or not but it's testing at 8 000 volts which is about 3 000 volts higher than normal so it's a pretty good shock and I'd be surprised for something to try to get into it and then during the day sometimes there are hawks that fly but you know what I've seen them fly over the hill where the rats are not really over here because we have the dogs and the dogs are outside all day long so the chickens also run and hide in the shade underneath the chick shawl during the day so we don't really seem to have to worry about the Hawks so so far uh so good I'm really excited for these little chickies to get a little bit bigger and be able to stay out all night I think we got them at the perfect timing they will be fully feathered and ready to go before it ever gets super cold so I think that's really good and then they should all fit snug in this Coop but again it's not for the daytime during the day the chickens are free-ranging in the yard eating all the bugs they could possibly want getting all the sunshine they could want and then they just go in there to sleep at night we put them in when it gets dark and then we don't actually even put them in they go in by themselves when it gets dark we close it up we let them out first thing in the morning whoever wakes up first comes out lets the chickens out and then they spend their day out in the sunshine it's really lovely all right ladies we're gonna have to put these chicks in something to get them up to the house and then should be dark here soon once the birds all go up in there we'll flip it up lock it with the locks and be ready to go as soon look they're already hanging out in there but I do have to flip up this perch right here the roosting bar flips up and locks at night so nothing can push in those boxes in the back nothing can get in that way either the roof is locked on and then this has two locks and so unless you're doing them both somebody was concerned and said raccoons can open the locks but they would literally have to hold both up at the same time I mean I guess if they can figure out how to twist one over and then twist the other over but if a raccoon can do that if they can get through the electric fence and come over and figure out how to do both locks and hold them up not just like that but actually lock it then they deserve all the chicken they want right Jude if a raccoon is that smart it's kind of a joke but you can maybe you can put another electric fence another electric fence all around and they don't have to get all Doodles yeah that's the one problem is these specific birds are more like pets than livestock so some people were really doubting the setup and their safety but I scoured the ends of the internet for the safest thing we could find for our Birds because they are like pets and our kids love them so dearly so that's what took us so long to even get them here it took two months for us to like feel comfortable bringing them here because I was like nothing can happen to these chickens we need to make sure they're safe so all right you ready look they're heading up they're headed up for the night [Music] Loop it around a few times in that I'm gonna tie it down here too at night just for extra safe measure right oh there's the little Spider Guy all right hook it up clipped right in the middle wait let me make sure okay come around watch watch wait you're too close you're touching okay it's fine you were touching the wire you might have from that um string so there you go all right green light means it's on our chickens are safe and tucked away we gotta take the baby chicks up we gotta carry a bunch of stuff up actually their house the bottom tray to their house the chicks the water bowl I can help you can help you're amazing all right you get sorry you wanna take the grubs and the bowl up yeah do you actually think you could take this too if I dump out the water and put it on top all right you can carry that yeah and then I'll carry the chicks and then we'll come back for their cage how about that [Music] [Music] now these days