Outside Looking In

It was an ordinary Sunday morning at Red Door Coop today.  Chicken business as usual.

And there was the Honker.  Looking in.

Then it was chicken business as usual on the other side of the chicken yard.

And there was the Honker doing his own thing.

Until.  The Honker.  The chickens ran.

The Honker stood alone.

Sunday.

Red Door Coop is a happy place, especially with Sunday morning snackies.

Sometimes we are asked to identify the six hens by name.  Here goes.

Jim.

Brian.  She is always moving and the blurry photo (plus the ten deleted ones) can attest to that fact.

Weezy.

BB.

Murphy.

David.

Snackies today consist of lettuce, apples, garlic, crackers, cheerios, and sunflower seeds.  

Long time in between

It's been awhile.  In the last month and a half we went from no eggs to this.

We've gone from chickens adjusting (READ: Fighting) to chickens acting like a flock.

We went from winter to summer (although it is back to winter again).

We went from mediocre feathers to fluffy tail feathers.

This guy turned one.

Snow Day

All is well at Red Door Coop on this snowy Monday.

The hens.

The chicken chore supervisor.

A Big Fat Hen

We have a new sign.  It's amazing!  Thanks for this gift, Santa!

We have a new weather station.  Papa Hen and I are still learning how to read all the data it gives us and as soon as we figure it out, we will start a new television station called The Weather From Red Door Coop.  I'll let you know when it goes live.  Adding the weather station required moving the whirligig.  It still spins like crazy!

The chickens haven't noticed any changes.
We've noticed that Brian looks kind of chubby.  Still a beautiful hen!

Weezy and BB stick together.

Here's the whole gang.

Welcome to 2017

The six chickens of Red Door Coop are doing well.  They are looking healthy, getting along, and have mostly quit molting.  Except for David.  Over the holidays, Weezy finished molting and is looking gorgeous again.  David started molting.

Weezy

Jim is still supervising all chicken chores.  BB ignores us as she struts her stuff around the coop.  Brian just eats and eats and eats.  Murphy is skittish.  Weezy is even more skittish.  David is busy trying to get the "in" with Jim and Murphy.  

Jim, David, and Murphy

It is rare to get all six hens in one shot, but I was lucky this morning.  They all decided to gobble up their scratch together after Papa Hen and I cleaned the coop.

Something essential to good chicken care: fresh water.  In the winter we fill old vinegar bottles at the sink in our laundry room and carry them out to the birds daily.  In the summer we use the hose.

The Joyful Dog

Honker enjoys the field at our local elementary school.