The New Addition

My Chicken Coop Man aka Bill and his dad showed up tonight to assemble the Little Girls run and 'basement' to their coop.  A few days early.  I'm telling you if you ever need a coop built SouthernBuckeyeCoops llc is the place to call.  They are the best, down to earth guys ever! EVER!  And come to find out Bill's dad, Don, grew up in Huntington when he was a kid.  Small world.

As they were unloading the pieces I was praying that my measurements were right.  He trusted me to get good measurements.  Boy was I just a little bit nervous.

The 'basement' had to be places under the coop.  I had no clue how in the world the three of us were going to do it.  I should have guessed they were fully capable of doing it themselves.  But I felt bad.  It was the hottest part of the day, it stinks like chicken pop when it gets this hot, those things were heavy, they had to work in the sunniest part of the yard...and I was no help.  Just taking pictures of all their hard work.

the had to scoot the coop out of the way so they could place the frame for the 'basement' where I had the coop setting.  It went in like butter on a biscuit.

They made extra sure that it was secure.

The run!!!!  The girls are going to be so excited!  It will be easier for me to feed and water them.  And it gives them more room to move around.  And he added two new roosts.

Some minor tweaking to the roof so it fits sung on the coop.

All done and I am more than thrilled.  I love it!

 Tucked in between the plants makes it look like it has been there for ages.

 

And the Little Girls love it too!  Of course Dixie was the first to check things out.  Hanging feed and waterer.  You have no idea what a difference that makes.

So much room they just don't know what to do.

I think the Big Girls might be a little jealous.

 

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Playmates For The Girls

I think Dewey is seriously considering raising his own little chicken farm.

The girls put on a show for him.  We fed them three bowls of blueberries.

Betsy is a farm girl from way back.  Her dad had chickens.

The girls showed them almost all their tricks.  Dust Bowl in the big girls run and little girls were in the flower bed.  Dirt was flying everywhere.

More Fun Visitors

Ronda and Lynley dropped Skyler off and stayed for the nightly chicken show.  I have to say that the girls loved them.

Lynley was a chick magnet!  They loved her.  Couldn't be because she had a big bowl of blueberries.  And by the looks of her blue lips, I think she just might have shared them with the chickens.  Esthelle just at them right out of the bowl.

Dixie made I to the sitting spot a few time.

The chickens love Chickie Pa's perch...AKA his leg.  He too had a bowl of blueberries.  I think watermelon and blueberries are their favorite treats so far.  They like his toes pretty well too.

 

Not only did the chickens get treats, but Ronda surprised me with a few bags of treats as well, chocolate ones...the kind I LOVE!

We love having visitors on the farm to watch and laugh with us at the chickens and all of their shenanigans.  So come on by sometime about an hour before dark...that is when the show begins.

There Was A Little Chickie.....

But there first was the chicken guard dog.  She doesn't even act like they are around.  Just keeps her nose to the ground looking for chicken poop. Tonight two of the chickens acted like they were going to peck her but then they thought better of it.

The little girls still run to safety under the burning bushes.  And then they just cluck and cluck.

Lover her feathers...Inez.

EffieGrace is ever so slowly changing into the chicken of my dreams.

Ethel is chumming up with the two ring leaders, Keithetta Renetta and Susie.

 Esthelle is getting so bottom heavy she can barely fly 3 inches off the ground.

 

Special treat tonight...half a watermelon with some feed crumbles on top.

Took them forever to try it but once they did....

Judy was a crazy lady tonight.  Love that she is growing her beard now.

Sunny getting all dressed up but she had no where to go.

Pretty girl

Judy and Dory planning something I am sure.

Hiding in the corner of the flower bed.

Dixie is not supposed to want to do this.  But she sat for a good 5 minutes and let me talk to her and pet her.

There once was a chickie that wouldn't lay an egg,

So I poured hot water up and down the chickie's leg.

The little chickie cried and the  little chickie begged.

And the poor little chickie laid a hard boiled egg.

 

LucyLouWho reminded me of that song today.

ChickenFest

Had some visitors today on the farm.  So we brought out the frozen blueberries to feed the girls.  I look around that this little chicken was eating them as fast as she could.

Everyone tried to feed Dixie at one time.  She really didn't seem to mind at all.

It was headband on the farm today.

They could be related!

Dixie survived but I think she might have been a little shell shocked because it took her a minute to regroup and run for the bushes.