Expanding the coop.

Our chickens are now 2.5 months old. They will begin laying eggs in another 1.5 months. The type of chicken that we have are a hybrid bred specifically for early and highly productive egg production. It is hard to believe that that are as big as they are considering that they are only a couple of months old. I now realize that it is important for them to have room to stretch their legs a little further than they can at this point. They are currently housed in a very nice multi-level coop built into our garage. When I built it I figured that they would mature at a slower rate than they have and that I would have time to expand the coop to include a run. I now realize I need to finish the run sooner rather than later. They haven’t begun to show any bad behaviors you might expect from being cooped up and I don’t want them to. I am going to be building a run for them this weekend. They should be able to enjoy it for a while before the temperatures drop too much.