so, you know the adage, "If you build it they will come?"

well, Michael got a wild hankering to start working on the chicken coop, and then someone he works with had too many...

roosters.

so, Roy came to join us but he's all alone in his new coop wondering "where my bitches at?"

we need some hens.

in lieu, we decided it would be kind of fun to see what would happen with a box of chicks. for fun, there are also two baby ducks in that box. We'll have to keep them in the house with us for the next month until they're big enough to start going outside.

oh, joy... actually, all that peeping is really rather cute. i even kind of like Roy's big mouth. he's only been at the house for an hour or two and he's already started announcing his territory.