Mobility is definitely an issue ~ especially in the dark.
I've about given up on the man's back I think & am about to ring a tradie to finish off the run. That would solve my biggest problem. Do not disillusion me. Not tonight. 
If you lived closer I would come and do the fence for you.Mobility is definitely an issue ~ especially in the dark.
By the way....... yesterday was not a good day.Your very welcome
It should be flattering. I take it that way.I was on my way out to feed the girls. They saw me coming & this lot all hopped the fence & came running to greet me & to escort me to the feed bin!
It's almost flattering...
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This one is all fluffed up & tuk~tukking up a storm.
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By the way....... yesterday was not a good day.
so sorry it wasn't a good day, hopefully today is better 
My gosh they love you.I think it was 8. They are seriously nuts. I walked them back to the run, opened it up & they all popped back in, rushed through the coop door to the bin end & screamed @ me!
You only rush to greet and then complain to people you truly care for.
Well played!It is good to have an escort. Otherwise you might lose your way and give the food to the wrong chickens. There is method in their madness!!
Madness. Simple madness. My gosh. Mine might not get along but they are fighting to get in the coop, not get out.Dusk. My broody Hepzibah is roosting in the little coop. I'm collecting feed tubs when Morrigu & Aoife both make a break for it & manage to slide under the bare gap @ the gate. I have horrible visions of Campines roosting up trees. Aoife is just circling the run but Morrigu is doing her mad woman impersonation.I manage to nab her when she hops in the hay bin & put her back where she belongs. Aoife does not want to be caught but suddenly realises it's getting a little dark for comfort but now the coop gate is closed & goes ballistic. I try squeezing the gate open for her & Morrigu shoots out. I crowd her against the little coop nab her & shove her in there. Everybody else has gone to roost so I open the gate right up & Aoife shoots in like lightening & straight up the stairs. I fish Morrigu out & put her back in the big coop to find Wrold is in a nesting box so nab her & put her in with Hepzibah. Morrigu stops screaming, gets in a nesting box, starts tossing bits around & making the oddest noises I've ever heard. I fished 2 eggs out of the hay bin & am pretty certain one of them was hers because that's her preferred laying place. I will be flabbergasted if that hen goes broody on me because she's completely & utterly feral! I was only gone one night & tonight was complete bedlam! It was like managing a lunatic asylum where the lunatics have got loose.
I've left them to it.
If I can work up the energy I'll check again before I go to bed ~ but it could be so depressing I might just leave it all for the morning.
Yes! Throw me in that crowd right now. As it stands I would recommend this to no one right now.Honestly! Chickens are easy to keep. It must be true. BYC says so. They're cuddly little pets that make you breakfast.
