Chickens

The chickens are growing up quickly and love being hand fed. Here is a picture of Tinker feeding the two girls chicken candy - mealy bugs. Chickens are very inquisitive and like to go just about anywhere they are not supposed to go. Leaving a door open in the house is an invitation to some house guests. I recently found Ginger and Blondie trying to figure out who the other two chickens inside the house were.

Fred decided that the girls needed to be contained in the back yard because the trail of chicken poop around the house was driving him nuts. He wired off the lower fence area and installed a 5 foot high gate between the veggie garden area and the back yard.

The chickens like almost anything Fred does, here they are inspecting Fred's trench digging skills. Observe the prison gate in the background to keep the chickens contained.

Unfortunately the girls didn't quite understand the purpose of the prison gate and soon figured out that it made an excellent perch. As well as keeping the girls safe off the ground the new perch had even more surprises in store. As the grapes matured on the vine the girls can graze on juicy california sun ripened grapes

Yum!