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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Fun Outdoors
Backyard Poultry
Up on Top
There’s nothing like a bird’s eye view of your play pen! We actually had to lift up the chicken run to get this box in and then crawl inside with the feed and water. Getting the chicks back in the box was even harder: luring with treats, scaring with a broom, and climbing in to catch them didn’t work; eventually we created a cardboard/string system to herd them out. Now I know, this is the first reason not to take chicks outside! (Did you spot the chicks huddled in the back corner? They look pretty scared of Acorn!)
Maybe the chicks think Acorn's a vulture too and that's why they're scared! Chickens have amazing toes that can hold on to almost anything...one night they all slept perched on the edge of their box like that.
6 comments:
Looks like it's impersonating a vulture!
How is it balancing on the edge of that box?
Watch out or the vulture might try to eat the chickens like the hawks do!
Maybe the chicks think Acorn's a vulture too and that's why they're scared! Chickens have amazing toes that can hold on to almost anything...one night they all slept perched on the edge of their box like that.
That's pretty amazing.
I'd like to see a picture of you in the run. :D
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