The coop has walls!

Hubby spent over 10 hours in the basement today working on the coop; major process was made! The exterior walls are cut, insulated and reinforced. Interior walls are cut and in place. The door has hinges. We even duct taped it together so we could see how it's going to look. What would life be without duct tape?

In other news, the girls moved out of their zappos.com box and into a larger amazon.com box today. Tallulah, in particular, has been flapping her little wings and eyeing the top of the box. This is a photo taken not from the side, but from directly above her. Notice her shifty little eyes trying to plan an escape.

Also, the brooder is too dang hot. There is a 250W heat bulb supended above the box but even raising it up 3' above the brooder's top doesn't lower the temperature below 100 degrees. I'm going to replace it with a 75W incandecent bulb and see if that, combined with the 70 degree house temp, will keep them at a toasty 90-95 degrees.

Here is a lame video (no sound and crappy camerawoman) of the chicks eating and running amok. If I'd caught them pooping and sleeping, too, we would have the entirety of their day in 20 seconds.