Awww...aren't they precious! Jake and Elwood (full grown now) spent the first six months or so living in the hen house. What?? Yes, we wanted to introduce the kittens to the hens as soon as possible so what better way than to combine living quarters. Plus it was a safe and warm place. We trained the boys to go inside the hen house with the girls each night at dusk (food and playtime was involved). At first the girls were a little unsettled but they stayed on their roost and the boys climbed up into the nesting boxes to sleep. We built them a shelf for an eating platform so the hens would stay out of their food. It worked out great. Everyone got along just fine and still do so today. As the boys got older they wanted to stay outside at night and roam (I hated it; afraid something would get them), but it's all worked out.
