I guess I always hoped for this day but I had heard THE stories. We finally let our chickens - all 6 of them - free range for the first time yesterday.
They didn't go too far - sticking mostly to one area and in the shade of several large trees. They ate an incredible amount of weeds along side the garage - it was great - yesterday! Today, with a new sense of freedom they ventured much further - right out to the front gardens - well - right INTO the front gardens. Being a very hot day they were looking for shade like the rest of us and decided to make little dirt holes in the middle of the only-mulched-and-decent-looking-gardens-I-HAD! Now there is mulch all over the grass!
Ahhh...but the girls are happy and so am I. I think I can live with a little mess for the sake of Mildred, Myrtle, Edwina, Clemintine, Gertie and Bertha.
This picture was taken several years ago on a trip to visit family out west. Too bad it doesn't come with sound effects - the sound would be Leah screaming as they attacked her for the grass!
Welcome to my blog about the everyday happenings of soon to be countrified family from the little city. A long awaited adventure of God proportions!
Monday, July 5, 2010
Free range chickens
I am a mom to many and a wife to my best friend. We live on 10 acres of heaven on a small farm that needs lots of work and will keep us busy for years! We love people coming to visit, animals and the peace and quiet that you can only appreciate after living in the city for 20 years. I love to write about our adventures in homesteading, country living, food storage, canning and emergency preparedness.
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