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Grape leaves and grapes.

Grapes. When the blueberries were ripe, the biddies would almost run me down when I opened the door to the run in their frenzy to reach those nice, ripe blueberries. Now that the blueberries are overripe, they almost run me down heading for the ripe grapes, which seem to have the advantage that...

Grape leaves and free time to scavenge for any left over blueberries that haven't gone bad.

Today I moved the potted dwarf fruit trees and the potato barrels. The biddies had slugs, outdoor cockroaches, worms, sow bugs, and other critters that had been hiding beneath the pots.

Oh, yes. The refined tastes of biddies. Everything tastes better if it is infused with worms, and thoroughly stomped on and scratched upon. B^)

I once saw a recipe for drunken chicken; but that recipe didn't involve getting them drunk while they were still alive.

Mine have helped themselves to some blueberries, a few protruding cucumber leaves, and have searched under the deck for snails. I suspect they'll go look for fallen fruit and then have some grape leaves.

Yesterday afternoon they had grape leaves. A nice, fresh salad for lunch on a hot afternoon.

The Danegeld of the day today was mealworms. Yesterday it was scratch. I shamelessly admit that from time to time I bribe the Dominiques not to climb all over me while I am working in the coop. There was that day when my husband came out back with a visitor I was unaware of and the first thing...

Quote: First, what sort of chickens are they? Some breeds are far flightier than others; some can be tamed to be petted, but will always not be happy about being picked up.

Swiss chard and blueberries. I also like to put ice in the drinkers. The Chicken Run efforts around here consist of Black Star pullets attempting to fly about 20' distance at an altitude of 1 - 2 feet from the coop to the blueberry hedge bed. The crash landings tend to be short of the blueberries.