Oct. 10, 2009 - Remembering the Chickens
An important part of my blogging duties is talking about our chickens, and its been awhile since I've mentioned them.
Firstly, and most importantly, they are healthy and happy. We've been getting 16 to 18 eggs a day, an impressive number. A few loyal customers are helping us by buying our eggs. Otherwise, the entire refrigerator would soon be full of eggs.
We have a minor problem, or perhaps problem isn't quite the word. But a couple of pictures will demonstrate.
Do you notice how the chicken yard is much browner than the normal yard?
And here is a close up. That brown stuff... well, its mud. The chickens have eaten almost every blade of grass in the chicken yard. We've had a lot of rain lately. Result, mud. Lost of wet, squishy mud. When we go in to retrieve the chicken pan, it is easy to slip. The chickens currently have very dirty feet, which makes for dirty eggs (though they wash fine.)
This is a long way from being a catastrophe and they may not mind at all, but Kevin has decided to move their yard to the other side of the coop.
The plan is to move the chicken yard to the area that used to have our garden. It is largely "done" for the year, but there is wonderful leftover vegatation that the chickens will enjoy eating. Kevin will probably purchase some extra fencing to make the yard bigger, too. Another advantage of the move is that the wind usually comes from the northwest, and the coop will now provide a windbreak for the chickens during the cold winter months.
Moving the yard will be a moderately time consuming project, but the children will enjoy watching and perhaps even helping a little.
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Oct. 11, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by AnnieKate
By the way, I could only manage a bushel of apples a day when I had little ones. Life really changes as they grow.
Blessings,
Annie Kate
