Fun With Chicken Shots

Cassie and I both had a camera.  These are the best shots from both cameras.

I have lemon balm growing just around the sides of the bucket.  The girls keep dusting in it.

Sneaky Sunny

Hey, is she watching?  I really need some of this fern!

Oh no!  Here she comes!  I better make my fat little body as little as I can.  Oh that's going to be really hard to do!

Shoo-wee!  She didn't see me.

Oh there's a really good one right over there on the very top!  I think I can get it is she will just look the other way again.

Got it!  Delicious!

She's Up To Her Old Tricks Again

Looks like Ethel might be spending some quality time by herself tomorrow night in the sick house.  She's gone broody again.

 

She huffs and puffs.

And gives you that look.

I think she scared the other girls too.  Only two eggs from the Big Girls today.  Tomorrow might not be her lucky day.

 

Should I Be Worried?

Everyone is sleeping. And I always sneak out to check on the chickens.  I get to chat with them a little bit and I always check for eggs.  This is what I found today...

The girls are acting normal.  No one is out of sorts.  Should I be concerned?  Or did they just eat the egg and the shell.  No shell remains were found.  Could someone egg bound?  Help!

She's Just So Pretty

EffieGrace is turning out to be the beauty I had hoed she would be.

This is her serious look.

I Am Over The Moon And Back

I have a friend that lives I Perth, Australia that is so gifted and way talented that is working on a watercolor of NottaLotta Farm!

 

This is my first glimpse.

 

She says that this is just a small sketch to set out where she wants to put everybody (The Girls).  The final painting will be much bigger that a piece of sketch pad paper.

 

I can hardly wait...this is like Christmas in July!

This Little Chick Loves The Chickens

Must Have Been A Long Night

By Ethel's actions today, last night was a long night for her.  She turned over her water and food.  She knocked the ladder off the edge so I think she possibly slept on the ground last night.  She was not happy to see me again.  She actually jumped feet first for me when I came to let her out.  All the girls came out early today and stayed in the yard until just before dinner.  That was fun getting them in.  My chicken helper, Luke, from next door helped me get them in.  Inez thought she could sneak in with the Little Girls.  Luke had to climb in the run to catch her.  And as a result of the extra time getting the girls in, dinner was a little over done.

 

Anyhoo...Ethel spent most of the day under the burning bushes with her head tucked in her wing sleeping.  It was so sweet.  I thought at one point she might be dead.

Susie and EffieGrace stayed with her all morning while she slept.  I guess they were on hawk watch for her.

 

I have one question...Can the other girls feel sorry for her having to spend time away from her friends?  Not one of the Big Girls has laid an egg today.  I did remove all the wooden eggs from their nesting boxes.  Maybe that has something to do with it.  Guess I will just have to wait until tomorrow to see what I find.

The Sick House

Cooper loves to let the girls out and feed them once he gets off the bus each evening.  Tonight he actually fed Sunny...and just look at the joy on his face!

The Little Girls

Sunny

Crispy

Dixie

Judy

Dory

RayJeana

 

We still need to figure out this nipple watering thing.  Not to sure about it and neither are the girls.

I got this from my niece when we adopted her bunny.  It makes a perfect 'Sick House' for when we have a girl that needs to be in quarantine.  Right now Ethel has taken up residence because she is wayyyyy broody.  I'm pretty sure she hates it!  I'm thinking that my chocolate egg giver might start holding out on me.

The Big Girls

EffieGrace

Susie

Inez

Esthelle

Keithette Renetta

Our little, happy, NottaLotta Farm

Chicken Catcher

Someone learned how to catch chickens today!  And she is sooooo proud of herself.