Some volunteer irises in the piles beside the barn
The chicks continue to grow. They are a bit bored in their little coop, and I don’t yet want them running free all day. I let them out in the late afternoons and they run around, play fight, and fly all over. They’re funny!
This is the poor little hen. Her head has been picked on until it bleeds. She holds her wing oddly, and I wonder if she broke it . She uses it, and can fly, so I don’t really know. She is a good layer, and we kept her in the little chick’s coop for a while until she healed. But when she went back into the other coop, she was pecked on again. I have left both coops open in the evening, and she chooses the big coop. She usually stays up in the rafters until I let them out in the morning, so I have been letting them out early, so she can come down. We no longer have the rooster, as of today, so maybe life will be easier for her now.
They like to drink out of the pond. In the background is a smashed watermelon that was too green. The chickens like it, though!
Can you see the ripening strawberry in the middle of the picture below/left? I am hoping the chickens do NOT find it!