The clucks couldn't be happier. All natural impediments to wandering far and wide have disappeared -- snow, ice, and mud. It's free range time!
About a week and a half ago I began the delightful job of carting out winter shavings and straw from the coop. Because I tried the deep litter method (modified) over the cold months, there is one heck of a lot to clean out. So I started with the easiest -- the porch.
two wheelbarrow loads
This was the perfect time to let the girls run free into the donkey pasture -- their first foray of the season.
Boy oh boy, they had a ball.
It must be noted that little bit of clean-up set me back in persuading my back to forgive and forget an incident the previous week. I'm no glutton for punishment so thought the porch would be benign. Wrong...
Needless to say phases 2 and 3 of 2023 Coop Clean-up are on hold.
Regardless, here is the current cluck daily routine:
Breakfast at 9:00 a.m. with 20-30 minutes of you're on your own roaming time (within fenced areas)
Free range 1-3:00 p.m. with afternoon treats served by the congenial waitstaff at 3:00
Followed by sunbathing/nap time
forgive quality - shot through fencing and netting
Yes, apparently it's in the cluck handbook that snuggling is mandatory during outdoor napping. Hard to tell from this angle but they've fashioned a nice bowl shaped pit in the corner of the run for this purpose. I had no hand in it.
I cannot leave you without yet another photo or two of the gorgeousness of my orchid.
And this is only half of it. She's outdoing herself this year.
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