My chickens made their big move this afternoon.  Rich completed the chicken coop/truck box today.     I insulated the east wall, which was the wall Rich replaced, with straw and chicken wire.  Rich said that was the way his grandparents insulated their chicken coop.  He still needs to do some caulking around the window which he plans to do tomorrow.

Here's the inside before the chicks moved in:

And here are the chicks enjoying the new facility:

I also placed my order for 70 cornish cross chicks at the local farm store.   I also sold 6 of our mini lop bunnies to the store.  So we will have a few less rabbits around here until our next litters are born in early May.

Does anyone have any experience with raising chickens and turkeys on the same farm site?  I keep reading about blackheads disease.  I had 2 "recue" turkeys for a year and they ran with my free range birds last year.  I didn't see any signs of disease with Wilma and Fred living with my layers.  In fact, Wilma helped Lulu (chicken mama) raised a brood of chicks.  So I'm curious as to how much one needs to worry.

Carol