Sorry I've been off the grid for a bit. I've been reading and reviewing up a storm over at One Book Shy as well as doing a lot of varied
stuff around here. Some of that includes watching the hubby's baby chooks grow up FAST!
(Notice they are now HIS - it's a love affair.) The girls are doubling and tripling in size every week it seems. Except for Midge, I think she is either a Banty/Bantam or just a runt. Either way she is a tiny terror. She beats up and bullies the bigger girls. They all seem to tolerate the little tyrant. She also has a thing for pecking at my toenails....
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| Midge (r) next to the "normal" sized girls |
Now that the chickens have full use and access to the entire chicken run, it was getting a bit interesting trying to get them all into the coop at night. It was a 2 person job until the middle of last week. Something finally clicked and they all figured out that nighttime = bedtime! We ~ usually HE ~ just have to go out now and close the little trap door & they're all snug in the coop until morning. Yay!
These are some of the photos Mr. MoonCat, aka "The Chicken Whisperer" took for us yesterday evening. Can you believe how much they've grown in a week? BTW, the hubby has HUGE hands so for reference, it takes me two hands to hold the hens that are posing for his photos..
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| Messy eaters |
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| Henrietta Hen |
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Stella the "Chicken Whisperer's" favorite girl
Do I sound jealous? |
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| ALWAYS eating.. |
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| Nap time |
