and here are 2 clues ...
We have chickens!!!!! For me that is terribly exciting, one more step to living more healthily and sustainably. I will drag the family kicking and screaming behind me if I have to.
We spent yesterday making a gate and putting gateposts in, and today making a run for the chookies. Tomorrow I will get a picture of them.
I did let them run all over the back garden today, because I do want the girls to be as free range as possible. Unfortunately, they want to be really free range, and made a beeline for the forest behind the house. I ran off to get a food bowl filled with pellets to lure them back to the garden, by which time a jogger turned up with her dog not on a lead - where did she come from? The chooks had heard the food and moved towards me, which alerted the dog, who chased the chickens. Aargh! I could see myself not getting any more eggs at this rate ... just as my heart was making its way into my throat, a motorbike appeared out of nowhere, which frightened the dog away, who'd frightened the chickens back into the garden. I read somewhere that keeping pets is a good way of relaxing. Whoever said that was lying :)
Still, can't wait to go looking for eggs again tomorrow ...
3 comments:
My son and his girlfriend have chicks which they love!! Thanks for participating in BlogtoberFest 2014, keep up the good work!!
I've always wanted chickens. How exciting.
I love my chooks already! They even put themselves to bed tonight, and they are good company where I'm in the garden! :)
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