On Christmas Eve I cleaned out the chicken shed, washed the food and water bowls, swept the chicken’s patio and dug over their run. I wanted everything lovely for them for Christmas day, you don’t need to tell me that they won’t know!
The girls were keen to help.
I start to remove the shavings from the shed
Speckles would like to join in but is always nervous and so just watches from her vantage point.
Peaches and Barley oversee my work
We all want to help
I have one last pile of shavings to take out which Topaz helpfully spreads again and looks very pleased with herself too
I hoover the shed while the girls form a queue in the run
They don’t like the hoover so they went back out into the run but it amused me how they seemed to line up in a queue.
The girls inspect the newly hoovered shed
Topaz is the first to scratch in the new shavings
We like the new shavings that Topaz has scratched out
We need to check out the new shavings
Speckles is in her usual vantage point once more.
We approve of the new shavings
We think a good job has been done in the shed
Once the door is closed the pop hole needs checking out
Once again Peaches and Barley are together with their inspection.
Christmas morning the girls have an extra treat of dishes of yogurt and dishes of fish.
Happy Christmas everyone.
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Happy Christmas to you and your girls from me and my girls ?
Thank you and of course the same to you and a happy new year too.
What a lovely clean coop—the ladies look very appreciative! They are good helpers, aren’t they 🙂 Happy New Year!
They are good helpers, especially when they love to scratch the clean shavings out onto their patio area and I have to keep throwing them back in again! They do seem to like going in the coop for a scratch around when the shavings are clean though. Happy New Year to you too.