Happy Harvest Blog
Chickens, continued
I take off looking for the sunburned hen, and find her deep in the woods. She’s cunning and it’s a long, scratchy chase through the undergrowth with her little tail disappearing far ahead of me, to get her back up to our civilized area and back to the flock.An hour later, she’s gone again, and I can’t find her.
Happy shady chickens
They have nearly zero impact on their surroundings, being so small. They hardly eat any feed when they eat veg all day. Low cost. Very low maintenance. And low compensation. So they better be low cost, the little freeloaders.
Day 2 - Layers
The hens let themselves out to range today. All the hens. Late afternoon I found all of them out, scattered about, very, very happy in the long grass. I wish I could leave them out already, but I don’t trust them to return to the coop at night, and they are not allowed to camp out with unsavoury characters around.
Respectable chickens
These are robust birds. They’re plump, and heavy, and hot with feathery chicken warmth, and you can feel the strength in their muscles. They seem HUGE after handling the Silkies. Like housecats compared to gerbils. Not petite housecats, either.
Mini Coop’r
I’d been holding out for getting some steel to put a roof on the mini coop because I really wanted to make the roof/access significantly lighter. But then, Arthur came through, and the first coop endured the storm without a hint of difficulty or damage.
Chicken Journal
These chickens are adorable. Fluffy, cute, very sweet, gentle and quiet chickens, slow, in more ways than one. They border very closely on lazy.
Coop II, the Mini Coop’r
I added a chicken-spying window so we can peek in at them without lifting the lid. I put one on the original coop too. HW loves it. “Hey in there! Whatcha doing? Roosting? That’s right, I see you!”
Chicken arrival
All ready to release the birds into their new home! Excited, we carried the box of birds up from the car and put it on the floor inside the coop. Reached in to open the flaps, waiting for the heads to pop up, and... nothing.
Instagram.
I may not make a blog post every day, but at least I Insta.
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