A Chicken Blog

I had made the decision last week to bathe the chickens because their feathers got really dirty after eating half a watermelon I sat out for them. My friend Shelly offered to help me as long as I did not fuss at her for how she washed them (she deeals with poultry all day long as is not as light handed as I am). I agreed and she came by this afternoon. Before she came I made a decision not to bathe the chickens because Rose (the hen with the worst watermelon head) was looking much better. I did still want to spray them down with Adams spray for mites so I was able to easily grab Rose and do it and Shelly was able to grab Black Betty and we sprayed her. Miss Prissy is too smart to be captured so I will have to keep trying.

I also locked the cats up and let the three chicks and Rose out to roam free range. The chicks would get spooked and run into the woods and I was worried that they were going to be too hard to be put back up so they had to go back into their coop. I let Rose roam around the yard for about an hour. She had a great time. I gave her a banana (which she loved) and she followed Ava and I around the yard pecking and having a great time. I thought it was wonderful.

If I can get the cats inside all at the same time (they are free range as well), I will let Rose out again.


The chicks are getting so big. I need to put another pic of them up. They are getting all white feathers. Ava and I like to pick them up and hold them. They still hate it but we do it anyway.