to fix that problem by pounding stakes into the ground and attaching a heavy chain.
back inside my kitchen problems were starting to develop. my house sounded like some kind of petting zoo as the chicks went “peep, peep, peep” whenever they were hungry which was pretty much all day long. i filled a plastic tub with oak sawdust shavings of which i had plenty since i had bought a whole dump truck full to make compost for the pasture. then i set out some watering cans. but the meat birds quickly started growing faster than they laying varieties so i then divided the flock into two.
most sundays i would go 