September 10th, 2009 by Rich

Today was my first time on morning chicken duties and it was all pretty good. Alarm went of at 6.25, got up had a wee stuck some clothes on and down the allotment in the car I went. I arrived about 6.30 and could hear the girls stirring inside so I quickly weighed out their food and filled up the waterers ready for them to be let loose on. The waterer did cause some fun as I deposited its contents over the floor and my foot! Apparently I hadn’t screwed the base on properly so when I flipped it right way up it fell off ~ clearly the thing to do is give it a good check before you flip it over.

Upon opening up the door they started to come out and headed straight for food and water. Sadly no eggs but fortunately no signs of eggs being eaten either so not entirely bad. I watched them for a little bit (there is something oddly satisfying about just standing and watching them) I then left to get back home to do the usual morning bath, dress and coffee routine before heading out to work.

I did pop by at lunchtime to check in on them (and take some more bedding down as I forgot it in the morning) and they were all happy and had popped out 3 eggs during the morning.

So I have now done a morning feed and release and the evening round up and lock away. The evening is definitely harder work but I suspect it wont be long before they learn to get in the coop when the sun is setting. At the moment you have to round them up and pick them up one by one with Benny Hill music going around in your head!

When I get a chance I shall do a post to show you the chicken club ~ we worked hard to get it up and running so some showing off is deserved!