Over the weekend my able and willing assistant Kerrie and I worked on the nursery which is located outdoors, in the wood/storage shed. The storage portion is turning into the Guinea Coop, with a seperate area for the youngsters. I'll post before/during/after pictures when it's done.
For now, so they don't feel so cramped, I'm taking the top off the box nursery (when I'm home) so they can fly up to the edge or onto the wood perch I've put across the top (the same perch they freaked over just a week or so ago). They like it so much they can even get a few naps in.
It takes a while for them to all get on that perch though. For some reason one always wants to be the meat in the sandwich, which inevitably causes two or three others to get knocked down in the process. Good thing they don't have far to fall!
I've been training them so they know where their "safe zone" is -- the rim of the box is fine, the perch is fine, inside the box is fine. Anything else and they get admonished, grabbed, and put back inside. I think they are getting it -- they don't seem to have a desire to go exploring as long as I'm leaving them alone.
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