Garden Dried Up, Weeds Took Over, Chickens' Delight! (Pics)

[speckledhen]

Couldn't run enough water to keep the garden alive so we let it go. No rain till last night so we had a plot full of grass, clover, weeds and dead stuff. Hens in the main laying flock were let in to run wild with Isaac supervising the clean up and they were thrilled, of course. Here are some pics from today's chicken feast. Also, my 20 week old Silver Phoenix, Molly, laid her first egg today, pic also included!

Yea, Molly!

 

[ouracrybaby]

sorry about your garden, but I bet your chickens are not lol. congrats on the egg too!

 

[ChickiKat]

turning a bad thing into a good, bad for you but good for the chickens....... I have thrown my hands up at my garden as well, no stickin' rain!!!! and the deer ate all my corn... and the squash bugs got all the squash...... hey, there's always next year right!!!

 

[theoldchick]

They are having a blast! Good looking flock!

 

[teeville5]

That is one happy group!

Nice flock.

 

[speckledhen]

They were having a great time, for sure! Guess the older hens in the other coop can investigate in there tomorrow.


Oh, btw, if anyone needs a really sweet, smart young rooster for their flock, check out this guy I have to rehome: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=546424

He is Isaac's son with my EE, June (she's in the 5th pic down, head to head with Ike) and is really a great youngster. I just need him out of my breeding BR flock soon before he's fertile. He's already mating the girls at 11 weeks old!

 

[Rockin' Reds]

Aww....great pictures! Sorry you lost your garden, that sucks. However, it appears that the chickens do not even seem slightly sorry about it.

 

[PAH111]

That's a really nice first egg! My friends first had no shell on it...

 

[1AcreRooster]

Beautiful flock you got there

congrats on the egg

 

[BooBear]

Lovely flock that are helping keep the weeds in line.
Grats on Molly's egg.