A day in the life...

[Portia]

...of my chickens. I followed the girls into the woods this morning, they let me tag along without mobbing me too much. It has rained for the last 36 hours, so we were all happy to see some sunshine. Thought I'd share with a little photojournal, just because.

Warming up with some oatmeal to start the day

Hoofing it towards the woods

Pausing for some vittles under the beech trees

The chicken fenceline dance. Its where the best bugs are

Speck 1 & Speck 2 blending in

Yum...bugs!

Sir Feisty Roo keeping watch over his girls

Mid-morning break

Hope y'all enjoyed as much as I did. Thanks for letting me share.

 

[MayberrySaint]

They look happy...you're thread title reminded me of one of my favorite songs...

 

[Portia]

Ah yes, a very good tune

 

[thechickenchick]

You have a beautiful place and very pretty chickens. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Portia]

Thank you, we're working on it, we only moved in a little less than a year ago. In fact, I'd never even considered having chickens until we moved out here.

 

[Tutter]

Thank you for sharing those, they were fun to look at!

How much space do you have fenced for them, and do they ever get over the fence? It's a very nice chicken set-up!

 

[Portia]

They have the entire back yard less the veggie garden, totaling about 3/4+ acre. It is fenced in by a 4', 2x4 farm fence. The roo has flown up and landed on some of the support beams but no one has at this point attempted to fly over. A few have gone under when I was working on the other side of the fence & they wanted to join me. The dogs also free range with the chickens in the back yard. Except for the front yard, all is surrounded by our woods.