Monday, June 23, 2008

One man's trash...

So...why would I be excited about being given a box full of rotten fruit...tomatoes, cherries, corn and a cantaloupe? Well, it's dinner, of course :-D Dinner for the chickens.

Here are my dozen lovely hens in their yard, enjoying the bounty. Cantaloupe is a greatly favoured chicken delicacy, and, as such, both halves were pecked clean in minutes. After they had eaten their fill they all lounged in the sun, dustbathing and napping and doing other chickeny things. I went out to visit with them and my lap was filled with more than the usual amount of chickens vying for a bit of a backrub(they love having that bit between their wings and up by their neck rubbed) Happy chickens!

Now that I have a laying flock, I think I need a breeding flock.....

5 comments:

Diane Shiffer said...

YAY! YAY! YAY! you updated!

oh, and that should be one *woman's* trash.... glad to see your chicken-girls enjoyed their treat. they are beautiful! i'll see ya later today, maybe about 2:30:)

nancy said...

So! You're back! I'm so glad.
What fun! you have chickens. Are they laying?
Love,
Nancy

Anonymous said...

hey you, glad I founded your blog once more! How are you doin my friend?

Turtleheart said...

Chickens are ugly and disgusting.

And stupid.

And they give you cancer.

Actually, they're made out of cancer.

IT'S TRUE!!!

Ganeida said...

I miss having chooks...Ours adored any sort of melon going so we couldn't grow them (melons that is)& keep chooks.