Counting chickens

On February 16, 2023 By CarynIn chickens, Coop

I know my chickens and I are spoiled. They have a nice big coop and run with an automatic coop door, and I have two video cameras, so I can count chickens without wandering out in the dark.

There are eight chickens in this picture.

The outside camera has a memory card, so I can scroll back through time and watch them disappear one at a time into the coop. I’ve tried counting them using the inside camera, but there is so much jostling and repositioning that it is like playing a cup game. The inside camera can see them on their roost once they are settled, but the angle is terrible for counting.

There are also eight chickens in this picture

Yay for technology when it is working.

Chicken chopped salad

On February 13, 2023 By CarynIn chickens

I was a little enthusiastic buying lettuces, and ended up getting more when I still had some in the fridge. Oops. No worries, the chickens need some greens too. I chopped up the spinach and romain to make it easier for the chickens to eat. Sometimes I will make a hanging bundle so they are able to tear off small chunks themselves, but spinach is easier to just chop. I layered the ingredients, starting with an apple that had a large worm hole. I cut out the decayed part for the compost bin, but chopped the rest. Then in went the spinach, then the romain.

The chickens saw me coming with the bowl and made excited clucks.When I flipped over the bowl in the chicken run, the apples were on top, which I think was a nice turn out. The hens appreciated it.

Hens tucking into a pile of chopped greens

By the next day it was almost all gone, just the largest pieces of romaine remained.

Fluffy butt Friday

On January 20, 2023 By CarynIn chickens

Here is my submission for Fluffy butt Friday. My hens seem healthy currently, and even Magic’s derrière has clean feathers. In the picture they are tucking in to their daily scattering of dried grubs.

Uneasy chickens

On January 17, 2023 By CarynIn chickens, Coop

We were having high winds when I did my chicken camera check the other day. My hens were keenly aware of the unsettling howling wind noises outside their coop.

Chickens listening to the wind in the dark

There are eight chickens in this picture, although you can only see the shadow of the two that get the prime back corner spot. This is their usual configuration at night, but without the strained intensity.

Solved

On January 5, 2023January 2, 2023 By CarynIn chickens

Once the avalanche of grubblies and scratch stopped, the chickens went back to eating from their regular feeder. Phew. And the application of duct tape over the metal plate was not a deterrent. Double phew. I put down the duct tape to take the sting out of stepping on freezing metal.

Critters and Craft

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