Well, we were all rather saddened by the recent victories by the resident fox and decided that it was time to ask the chief chicken farmer (aka Eddie) for some new friends for our beautiful remaining cochin chicken (the black one). We received two docile brown hens and, since one of them actually laid eggs at Eddie's house, I modified the coop with a nest. Apparently chickens are fragile animals who, if moved, will not lay for at least two weeks, and if it is hot they are also reluctant to provide breakfast. Suffice to say, we have not seen any eggs yet, but we remain hopeful that when it gets cooler, we will have three productive hens!
So I have felt some pressure to keep the chickens cooped up for their own safety, but they love getting out, eating bugs, and settling into dust baths. This weekend I made a run for them around their coop and so the children started playing with them again. Harrison definitey likes to get close up and personal with his chickens. His mother was not terribly excited when she saw him inside the coop, or under it for that matter and it was not long before he found himself in the bath.
After all that excitement these two sacked out together in Emma's bed.
2 comments:
Tom--it was worth the wait! What great photos! Thanks for the update!
I hope Lydia enjoys her stay!
Peter
Tom, in defense of your beautiful wife, the bath was needed because our little guy had somehow sat in chicken poop. I happened to be on the phone with Meg at the time. Just want to make sure the record's straight!
BTW, love the blog, the photos and your running narrative. Well done!
Mary Alice
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