Yesterday was a beautiful June day with highs in the upper 80s and passing clouds. The forecast for the evening called for cloudy skies and lows in the 50s. With this good forecast it seemed the appropriate time to have the chicks become full-time outdoor birds.
Besides the change in weather, returning the chicks to their two indoor bins had become more difficult. First, there would be the chase to capture all eighteen. Plus, every night there was a new combination of birds in each pen, which caused a few “chick fights”.
So, as the sun started to set...