Saturday, September 6, 2014

Fitz and Bill

Our original chickens, Fitz and Bill, are doing well, despite their ongoing molting.  Fitz is not laying eggs quite as regularly lately, but that could change.  She's never been one to stick to a routine.



Bill is still on the loud side, but does have some competition for the position of loudest hen from Weezy, one of our new girls.  Here is Bill deciding on this morning's nesting box.

Morning Dew

I'm not sure that the chickens dig the Grateful Dead, but I do.  The chickens are more interested in digging for worms!  Anyway, Morning Dew was locked in my head this morning.  We let the chickens out early and they ran out of the coop onto the lawn.  The hens bathed themselves in the wet grass and ate the plentiful worms. 



Of course, they eventually moved over to the mulch side of the yard.  There are good worms there too.

Monday, September 1, 2014

September 1

Hello.  We've missed you!  Here's my excuse: school started!  It's been a busy couple of weeks.  Red Door Coop is looking great.


The chickens are still getting along well and we were tickled to see them all in the dirt bath today.  At the same time.