Fresh Watermelon!

 We had some fresh watermelon left over, and gave it to the chickens for a treat. They love it!

Mods to the Home Made Feeder...

 The home-built feeder works good, however, I've been noticing a lot of wasted food around it. The chickens will stick their heads in, and rake the food out and onto the ground. They'll eventually pick some of it up, but I'm concerned about this starting a problem with mice.  

After watching closely, I decided to fabricate and install a small ledge at the bottom of the opening, to try and make it difficult to drag food out and onto the ground. I installed the ledge on all feeder ports with hot melt glue. This has greatly reduced waste, check out these pics and video...

Run & Coop Cleanup

 Today was the day for some cleaning. A bit of raking and cleanup in the run, and removal of all the pine shavings from the coop. Afterwards, fresh straw for the run floor and a new bed of shavings in the coop, and everyone was happy! Here's a few pics...

More Cake and Chickens...

 Another example of chickens and their love of sweets! Debbie had some cake and let them have it this eve. 

Chickens and CheeseCake...

 Our chickens are kinda spoiled. Here's a few, eating a cheesecake treat...

Coop "Shutters"

 While doing a little work on the coop, I found an old inner door that is no longer used. I was about to toss it, and thought "I'll rip it in half for shutters and let Deb have at it. She white washed them, and laid down a little vinyl :-)

Molly, a Speckled Sussex

 This is Molly on 5/12/26. She is a Speckled Sussex, born in June of 2025. A beautiful girl, calm temperament, people friendly.