Chicken Day Spa

step one: dig a basin



step two: make the basin as big as you are

step three:  get in and enjoy your bath

Vacation Home for the Ladies

We bought a bottomless screen tent to provide the ladies with some new experiences and so we could eat/sit in the shade with fewer bugs and more chickens.  It worked out quite well.  The first few moments were definitely full of apprehension for Impatience.

Luckily they soon figured out that they were surrounded by delicious grass, and spent the rest of their time trimming our grass and scratching it up to find out what lay beneath.  It was good times for all.

2.75 oz Egg Record

We hard boiled the extra large egg to see if it would be a double yolk or just one- turned out to just be one large egg!  Here are some shots for comparison...

Proud Parents

 

 

What Chickens Eat

carrot greens

yogurt

dehydrated meal worms! (definitely a favorite)

(trying to get into the cabinet where the worms are stored)

grass

blueberries

noodles

celery (in yogurt)

veggies and oats

Eggs!

The first eggs were laid on the weekend of November 19th, 6 months after they arrived at Ocean Street. We are pretty sure that only two of the three hens are laying- Hops and Impatience. We believe this partially because Yeller still has a small, more pale comb on top of her head, while the other two have combs that are much bigger and redder (Hops' being the biggest by far).

Here they are eating one of their favorite treats- plain yogurt! You can see the difference in their combs quite well- In the back are Yeller (left) and Hops (right), Impatience is in the front.

Yes, we have eaten the eggs and yes, they are fantastic!!! So exciting to have fresh eggs from our backyard.