Happy Harvest Blog
We lounge hard
Chickens do an awful lot of lounging. They lounge under trees, in the sun, lots of time on the paths, and in dust baths. Their favorite seems to be dappled shade. Big group lounge under a secondary pine tree. Early post-breakfast perching is common. Big dust bath near the house. Barred & Brahma lounging. The birds have this odd tendency to sort themselves out by colours, like laundry. The darks.The lights/colours. There's some big boys emerging out of the tweens. It's adorable how much they cuddle.
This is Pepper
Pepper is "the black one" of Perchick's chicks, but is turning out to be a barred rock! At least, part barred rock. There is a suspect feather or two on his/her feet, and he/she's on the small side, so she could be a Silkie cross. I don't know what I'm going to get. Super cute, though!
serene afternoons
The chickens are getting used to living both in and out of the greenhouse. That's good. You're supposed to implement change slowly with chickens, let them get used to one thing at a time. I was transitioning the GH today, hanging the screen doors (this year with orange snow fence to better help pollinators find the doors, cleaning out all the winter chicken crap- all the ugly snow fence and sticks, and the greenhouse looks bright and spacious again. Just hay, the composting coop cleanouts in the feed sacks (not sure what garden they'll go to), and the tomato safe.
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I may not make a blog post every day, but at least I Insta.
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