We are at the time of year when my excitement for garden fresh produce wanes. I can't even look at a tomato right now without getting queasy. My creative dinner ideas that incorporate tomatoes are tapped out. It was fun while it lasted...
Earlier this summer, we tried letting the chickens out to walk around the yard. At that time, they were not really interested in exploring. However, now that their coop has been in the same spot all summer, they were more than ready to explore the lush green of our back yard.
For about a week, we've been letting them out for a few hours every day, and every day they get more and more brave on their radius of exploration. The first day they were more than content to just munch on the grass surrounding their coop/chicken run. Today, they were all the way up to the back porch and checking out the sand box while EG was playing in it. They were nice enough to clean the bugs off of the walls and top too!
It's been fun to watch them play out there. I've noticed that they are out in the morning earlier than they used to be, hoping that I will let them out. Whenever we go out to check on them, they come running to us from wherever they are in the yard, probably because I usually lure them back into the coop with a treat (they're not sick of tomatoes yet.) I've also been entertained by Gennie chasing a squirrel out of the chicken run. It seems he was getting too close to their flock block.
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