Saturday, 2 August 2008

And so to bed!

My first full chickeny day today...... Woke up at 6am and peeked out the window and lo and behold there was a fox skulking up the end! Thank goodness the run and house are chicken proof! Martha was straight outside and weed right by the run - fabulous territory marking!
Here's Delilah, she loves the camera already!
Ruby is definately the bravest, she loves eating from my hand, a trick that Valerie has learnt from her today as well.
When you first get chickens they aren't always sure where they need to go to bed, so last night i had to show 4 of the girls by popping them in the door of the house - this sounds a pretty simple task, but the run has a pretty small door that you have to crawl through (quite a sticky prospect!).... not even as much fun as it sounds in the dark! I've since made a custom amendment so it's all good now! Tonight though all the clever little ladies took themselves off to bed by 9.15pm! So all i have to do is close the door up so they are snug in their little house!

2 comments:

Anita said...

Glad your lovely ladies are settling in well Katy and yay for Martha for kind of protecting them from Foxy Loxy!
xx

Unknown said...

Foxy Loxy is a cheeky monkey!!

Lovin' the new lifestyle - Jamie Oliver & co would be so proud!!

Looking forward to my eggs ;-)