The early bird......just may get a MUZZLE!

That "bird" I speak of is one of my roosters!!  I thought they were supposed to start crowing at sun up?  MINE start crowing about 4:30am, and it's still pitch-black outside!!  Thank goodness we have no close neighbors to complain!  And I'm also glad that our house is far enough away from the barn, that unless I'm already UP, I don't hear them.  I would really HATE to be awakened at that ungodly hour every morning! 

Yep, I think some time-keeping training is in order at the coop!  As I don't think my chickens would really take to wearing little Timex's on their ankles, I guess I'll have to go buy a clock with those "glow-n-the-dark" numbers on it.  Hmmmm.....but it'd look really cool to have some sort of bar room, neon clock that I could just keep plugged in.  What the heck, they've already got radio 24/7 out in the coop.  A little neon just might give the place a whole different atmosphere! 

Oh, wow......that might NOT be a good idea.  I can just see them out there cluckin', dancin', and scratchin' around in the straw till all hours of the morning......just like some sort of private "Chicken Club".   No.....I can see where this thing could get totally out of hand!  So, I guess I'd best just forget the little ankle watches....the clock with glow-n-the-dark numbers....the neon, etc. 

I might have to even consider turning off their radio around 7pm, and just buy some duct tape!!