Chicken Wranglin'

I decided to take the boys and the dog outside so that we could all work together to catch the chickens and put them up in the shelter.  Since they are bird brains they need someone to show them what to do.  Well it worked.  Wesley and Henry were very good at yelling at the chickens from the outside of the coop.  The chics would hide underneath the shelter.  Then Henry or Wesley would yell, "Get out of there you chicken!".  Bigsy, the dog, would just put the fear of the chicken God in them, they wouldn't go anywhere close to her location.  I would then try to keep her behind the shelter so the chicks wouldn't go underneath it to safety (away from us).

Once the chickens were flushed out from beneath the shelter they were easy pickings.  I would catch them then put them into the shelter.  They were very happy once in the shelter.  There was one escapee, the last one to catch, that managed to escape out of the coop.  Those little chickens are fast, but I was able to wrangle it and put it in the shelter.  Fortunately Missy held Bigsy or it would have been a blood bath.

I also started painting the coop.  Next entry I'll upload a photo of the coop fully painted.