After the horrible winter when snow filled their little patch or rain sluiced off the garden room to make a drip trench like a small river, the ground was in good fettle for a rummage yesterday. The chickens spent a couple of hours fossicking amongst the pebbles and beaking up the bits of grass (not many!) while I gave the house a really good do out.
Ruby, having a good fluff up after a big scratching session. The fact that the chickens hadn't been on there for a while meant that there were plenty of wiggly things to eat.
New perch. Can you smell fish?
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they are such interesting animals to watch! Are yours laying all the time? or do they have a break? Poor Korma hasn't laid an egg in weeks, just a couple of strange ones without shells.
They slowed down over winter Matron. Most days were 3 with a very occasional 2 egg day. Since Mid January they have mainly laid 4 but last week Amber had a blip and after looking peaky for an afternoon laid a shell-less egg. She's back on lay now but the first couple had a sort of 'seam' in them as if two halves were joined.
Garnet lays later and later each day till a lunchtime egg warns us not to expect one the following day - and she's early the next.
I hope Korma picks up. The longer days seem to agree with them.
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