chickens – Page 4 – Gracious Rain

May 1, 2016June 19, 2016

Strolling~

I took a little stroll around the back yard today. Soooo many pretty things to see…

all of which, I didn’t plant. They were here when we bought the house.

Looks as though someone put a lot of love and care into each and every plant.

I suspect, most of them have been here for a very long time.

A few of the bushes desperately need a good pruning…

while others can just go ahead and grow to the moon and back–they are just that pretty.

Trouble is–with the exception of the Hens & Chicks– I don’t know what any of them are, what they need, or how and when to prune them. I would be happy to look it up, but without knowing what they are called, I’m at a bit of a standstill.

If any of you know what plants I’m dealing with, would you let me know in the comments below?

That way, I can do some research and take care of them properly–you know, leave them alone or cut them back.

In the meantime…

The girls are very willing to help.

HAAA!

April 29, 2016May 27, 2016

The New Digs

We’ve attached the smaller of the two coops that we have to the opening of the big pen. This way the girlies can have shelter at night or when it rains–which it’s been doing a lot lately.

They can play and scratch around in the yard all day, nibbling on a pile of weeds…

and then dart inside whenever it’s too nippy or something scares them. Right now, the two most frightening sounds for these ladies is the train whistle–which blows from half a block away several times a day–and a small plane flying over head.

They run inside like a Pterodactyl is swooping down on them.

Luckily they recover quickly and go right back to their weed feast…

and photo bombing. They totally do it on purpose.

See?

April 24, 2016May 18, 2016

Free At Last!

We let them out into their yard as a trial run–and then didn’t have the heart to put them back in that silly little tub.

So, I’m afraid this is home now–come rain or shine.

Pretty sure they love it.

April 23, 2016May 18, 2016

Nearly There~

So we scrimped and we saved and we gathered every penny from the couch cushions and FINALLY were able to march right on down to the IFA and buy the chicken yard of my dreams. It’s enormous. Rhen had it put up in no time.

But the very next day…

this crazy stuff started pouring down. As badly as I want my little chicken girlies to be free and roam about in their new yard–I’d like them not to drown in it. *sigh*

So, we’ll have to wait a bit for dryer weather to try it out.

Pray for my anxious, crowded birdies–and for some sunshine. Will you?

April 20, 2016May 18, 2016

Tight Space

Well, it’s time. These little girlies are getting so big that their tub-housing just isn’t going to cut it anymore.

We’re working on getting their coop set up outside as quickly as possible. If the weather would just cooperate and warm up we could put them in a run outside–once we have one.

I’m afraid if we don’t hurry…

they’ll go house hunting, on their own!