Updated chicken pictures! And then there were six!

Howard the rooster is currently residing in Novato in another chicken fans coop (see previous post). Itchy remains with us because at the last minute we were informed that he may still be hen and that we should wait it out. He is definitely a rooster at this point but we'll keep him around until he starts getting to aggressive or wears out his welcome in other ways. Having two roosters for a free ranging chicken flock could be a good thing. We shall wait and see.

Our remaining chickens seem to be doing really well. We, like all of California have had a lot of rain over the last week. The chickens take shelter in the barn and under bushes when rain gets heavy, but for the most part they still patrol the property eating bugs and weeds and Howard's (human Howard's) broccoli plants.

We have been leaving their heat lamp on for about 4 hours after dusk to help them warm up and dry out. The chickens seem to be pretty unaffected by the weather.

This is Sam coming out of the coop. We'll do a post on the coop in a bit.

The gang trying to gain entry!

Lucy front and center.

Itchy and Racer 5 getting curious.

Samwise. Photogenic little beast.