Coop training.

The skycoop has been reinvented as a starter coop.  Since a guinea got snatched off of it  (owl), the guineas have abandoned it like it was the center of a sexting scandal.  So I took the legs off and we put it in the emptying greenhouse, to stuff the chicks into.  They need to start sleeping in a coop, to make them portable.And to keep them safe.  Sleeping on the ground isn't good for chickens, and the greenhouse is not totally secure.They're kind of looking grown up.  Still miniature though. After dark, I went chick snatching.  The first eleven chicks took about three minutes to grab, one or two at a time, and pop into the coop, where they instantly went silent.  Oh, dark and cozy.  Oh, everyone's in here.  Some were feisty, some were mild.  This is the first time I've ever handled any of them.The twelfth chick took about 20 minutes.  After everyone else mysteriously vanished, he/she ran around distressed, chirping, unwilling to settle down.  It took forever.  Finally she figured out where everyone else was, tried to crawl under the coop, and I got her in.  Taking wagers on how many go in the coop on their own tomorrow night.I lifted the box off the broody hen, to check on her, and discovered:henS.  What's going on here?!  They're competing to sit on the eggs.  This broody hen gets no peace.  Interlopers, chicks piling in the box to sit on her...The pigs have arranged the hay bale to their specifications, and I couldn't have done better myself.  They packed hay into the drafty edges and made two sausage slots, which they use in two ways:Day time nap formation - tail to tail L shape.And nighttime pigs in parallel.Note the pet rock in the first picture.  It's been placed on top of the arranged hay.  One of these pigs likes to keep toys in the pig house.  A beet, and a turnip, has previously been the toy of choice.  I'm not going to eat this turnip, but I'll bring it into my house.  Pigs.