The chickens were concerned that their frequent visitors would be put off, and wouldn't come to see them anymore. I discussed the limited budget, and we settled on a tarpauline! This covers most of the run, so with a bit of luck, the ground should dry out a bit, and stop smelling quite so much. The chickens themselves don't help. I put a load of straw down in the run on last Sunday which helped a lot, but they then spent Monday scratching at it, to reveal the squelchy mud below.
It's about time the new chickens were introduced as well. I have discovered that chickens aren't very photogenic, they move around far too much for the slow digital click of my mobile, so as well as these picture, I have a lot of rather blurry pictures of chickens!
Our two youngsters are Ebony (on the left), and Freda (on the right). These two are only 2 - 3 months old, so won't lay for a few weeks yet, and because they are so light and small, are very good at flying over the lower parts of the chicken wire! When they are fully grown they will be the same size as the two warrens that we have, and much less likely to be able to fly over any of the boundaries of the run...hopefully!
Fiz, is our black and brown frizzle chicken, and daily lays a small white egg. I have discovered that chickens aren't very photogenic, they move around far too much for the slow digital click of my mobile phone, so as well as these pictures, I have a lot of rather blurry pictures of chickens!
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