Chicken Talk

Today I added some space for the girls.  I found some plastic fencing in the back yard. Ron probably got it years ago. The weeds were grown up all over it. So I pulled it to the chicken yard and started to unwind it. The stuff was about 6 feet tall. I put some between the coop and the garage and then put some more between the other side of the coop and our neighbor's fence.  Went in, propped the door open and let the girls out.  Let me tell you, those were some happy clucks.  They started digging in the leaves, eating grass, and scratching to their hearts content. When it started to get dark, they went right back to the coop.  Good girls!  Now if they will only remember when they lay eggs.
Sweet dreams.

Chicken Talk

Good evening!  It has been a day of beautiful weather,  temp was comfortable and the sun was shining....ahhhh.  The girls had a good day also.   With nights not as cold, I can leave their door open.   Much easier in the morning,  for all of us.  I started cleaning out their yard.  First I had Emily Nicole take an old comforter out and put in the trash. Had it there for a snow emergency if there was one.  Then I moved the dog crate that was under the comforter.   Let me tell you, the girls went wild!  Fresh dirt!  They had a great time with their new scratch area.  They were some happy girls. Then, with Emily's help,  I got the house cleaned out and filled with fresh straw.   Happy chicks.

Pizza Talk!

You will not believe the chickens and pizza crust with a whole slice thrown in.  First of all, I threw down the pizza crust and they were quite happily chasing after it.  Here is a chicken, with a pice of crust in their little beak, running all over the chicken yard and everyone else is chasing her.  Then......I threw down the whole piece, the one with the cheese on it.  Yeah, that was really funny.  Four of the chickens were calmly pecking on the pizza and greatly enjoying it.  Then, Jenny realized that there was something she did not have.  Jenny goes over and picks up the whole piece of pizza by the crust.  She then takes off running all around the yard with everyone else chasing her.  Someone would grab it, then there would be a mad scramble, and the next girl would start running.  This was better than anything else I have done.  Picture it!  One chicken running with a piece of extra large pizza in it's mouth.  Hopefully there is a video attached to this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUyZwIY_XDc

Chicken Talk

A banner day!  7 chickens and 7 eggs!  I can live with that. Well, that was yesterday. Today I got 4 eggs.  That makes an even 3 dozen eggs this week!  Not yoo shabby.  I was getting the girls some cracked corn this morning. Turned around and tgere was Delilah outside the fence.  She has never done anything like that.  She was scared to death.  Let me tell you, the funnies started then. I was having a lazy morning so I was still in my pj's.  So, here is this scared black chicken running around the coop and me in pj's chasing it. Twice I had Delilah cornered and once I almost got her.  Almost.  Even got close enough to pull out 2 of her beautiful black tail feathers. Then I figured that I would leave tge gate open and try to chase her back in. There were no chickens around so sounded good to me.  I grabbed a stick and tried to herd Delilah to the gate.   Then Jenny tried to make a break for it.   Quickly stopped that. All the while,  Delilah is trying to get back into the yard by going through the chicken fence.  Delilah finally saw Jenny go back in and took her head out of the fence at the right time. She saw the door opened and ran for safety.  Me?  Well, I am extra glad we have trees around our yard.  That episode reminded me of a trip to NYC with Dot.  But that is another story.

Chicken Talk

Morning has come to the chicken farm.  Actually it is a coop, but farm sounded so poetic.  Coop is enough for me.   I left the door open last night so the girls were out in the yard when I went out. It was a good feeling.  But the ground was squishy from all the rain. Ugh. It is on high ground so it will drain.  At least the girls were dry this morning.

Chicken Talk

Good rainy evening!  I have started selling my eggs.  So far, I have sold all of one dozen.i have 3 customers plus family. More than I have eggs.  Still, it is cool. Figure I might clear $50 this year.  Woa!  Since I decided yo sell some, gigured I should know how many eggs I get in a week.  So far, yesterday and today, I have 10 eggs.  That works. It is so cool.  I have a canning jar for my "egg money".  Love it.  I now understand the expression,  mad as a wet hen.  My girls are not mad but you should see them!  After a day in the rain, their feathers are sticking out every which way.  Hopefully tomorrow will be just a bit dryer.  Nighty night.

Chicken Talk

Wow. It has been a while. We have had great changes here!  Actually, not but that sounded better than nothing has changed.   The girls are doing well and I even got to leave their door open for a few days before the snow came back.   It is much nicer when they can just walk out all by their selves and I can stay in bed.  I was a good girl and got up this morning and took care of the girls.  I am getting just under 2 doz eggs per week.  My famiky loves it. So do I.  Till next time.....