What did your chickens do today?

[Mr MKK FARMS]

My chickens ran around, played, ate bugs, and layed eggs. My chicks rested (Yes, they are pretty boring lol)

 

[Reurra]

My rooster crowed this morning for the first time, too!

Mine too!

I woke up to a horrible sound. I thought it was my cat whining to get in the room. Grrrrrrrraaawwwww AAAAAHHhhhhhhhh!!!

It took me about 5 minutes to figure out it was Little Blue!




The rest of the birds were arguing about the best perch before hopping off and going outside to get some air...where it promptly rained on them, so they went back inside.

 

[Kernel Cluck]

My girls spent the day in thier newly fenced in grass and woods area that I put up for them. They are thrilled! usually they have to wait for dad to come home to be able to get at the bugs and other goodies in the yard.

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

My chickens love their nests!

 

[chickencrazy429]

My chickens have pretty much spent the day free ranging-- and of course coming to the door for me begging for treats. Bisquick thinks she's human! Yesterday she snuck in the house-- twice!

 

[Jeanna Marie]

My chicks..8weeks old. Had fruit for the first time. They really didn't know it was food at first but so much fun watching them snatch and run!

 

[jackschwartz12]

Played outside

 

[oesdog]

My chickens were turffed out of the coop at about 9.30 am. Counted and checked as every morning Isobella, Caroline and Mable fight to get out of the door first. They are all squashed up in the doorway and no- one can get out untill I grab and pull whatever is poking out furthest! Then comes Betty who is really gentle after that come the Runts ( Bottom of the pecking order hens) - Flourence and Agnes, Aggy is last as always chased out by my head hen Gerty. Gerty is a wee tyrant - she always counts them in and counts them out and NEVER goes in first or out first but you sure know she is the boss! Once everyone is out Gerty checks the line up and promptly takes charge of the food and water! She usually pecks at Isobella and Caroline to put them in their place! They are her wingmen weve always seemed ot have two birds who are second in command jointly here. This year it is deffinately Gertys best mates Isobella and Caroline. Last year it was totally different as Bertha was lead hen then alongside Gerty her sister was Isobella but sadly Bertha died and so the dynamics of the group have been reshapen this last while. They all go out in the sun and start to find bugs and dig up the yard! They are in a closed in area which they think is Free range but is in fact controlled to prevent stray Australians arriving from the holes they are digging in the yard! Still they are determined to find the foundations of the house? After that they all fight to get back in the coop to lay! They all end up stuck in the doorway again squlking until I have to push them inside with my boot! -

Having been squished in this way it is usual that they lay very quickly and all pay their rent in full on time! NOT!
Of course once rent is paid treat time comes and they get lettice and strawberry ends and meal worm salad - sometimes it is bread and yogurt or porridge and rasins. Today is bug salad - Issobella is impatient and flies up to my hand and so the contents of my dish fly all over the run and Issobella is left perched on my hand with nothing to eat while all the others rush about grabbing her share! She twigs on and just about gets down in time to grab the scraps? Stupid girl and they say chickens can't fly? She is the one who always manages to peck at the study window which is on the second floor of the house? Now all the excitement is over they rush for their favourite holes and dive into them - only they all seem to have favoured the one hole! Agnes is of course on the bottom and ends up flat with her feet sticking out at an odd angle - so I grab and pull and release her from the mob! She finds her own "Safe spot" and then Florry decides to flatten her sister again. It starts to rain and they all dive for cover - lucky for them DH managed to rig up a cover over the feed and water store so they stay in there eating for best part of the evening. At 9.30 pm I go out to find they are stuck in the door having tried to put themselves to bed so I gently push my boot up the rear of the last hen and hear a pop as they all fall into the coop the other side. I snap the door shut before they all can decide to come back out again. Then I go round and check the egg box. Gerty is muttering to herself something like - Darn I thought there were eggs left here this morning??? Where are the things???? As she is looking all over for them! She eventually gives up and comes for a sneeky cuddle before she settles herself into the egg box to sleep - she never roosts now and has not done so since Bertha died in February - this is her place on the nest box close to the egg laying where once her sister would always sleep and had raised her own chicks. Gerty is the boss and she is in her place from here she can see all!!!!!! Except where those darn eggs went this morning???

Oes

 

[LittleBits]

My chickens had a little fun today. I raked out the part of the run where there is sand and they promptly pooped all over it again. Guess that's fun to them - messing up my hard work!

Then, since the run around the edges is quite packed down dirt, I dug a few holes and tipped out the dirt. Oh my! Several thought they were at the carnival and the shovel was some ride that goes up and down.

Wouldn't get off! Until they spotted a few worms in the dirt holes I dug. Never saw them move so fast! So fresh loose dirt gave them something to do for awhile.

One slipped out of the run while I was trying to get out. They normally don't free-range cause they're not tame and we live close to the road. She refused to get back in so I just left her for awhile. We have netting over the run because of hawks, so I pretty much stayed there and watched her...scratch, peck, scratch, eat a worm... she had a GREAT time.

Lots more fun OUTSIDE the fence where the grass is green (where there's grass I should say...) and crunchy leaves to scratch at. I finally snuck up on her and got her and put her back with the rest.

I think that's the first one to the door every time I make an appearance. She thinks she'll get out again!

They all had earthworms fresh from the compost pile - guess who dug THOSE out?!

And also had clover for a treat. I pick a couple of handfuls almost every time I go out to the coop. Got to have their greens...

So we all kept busy! They contentedly clucked away, their ooo's and ahhh's music to my ears...

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

My chicks..8weeks old. Had fruit for the first time. They really didn't know it was food at first but so much fun watching them snatch and run!

I know right. My chicks peck at the greens and can't figure out what they are! lol