Since I said that I would keep adding sand to the run, one bag at a time, we have got quite busy with work and I hadn’t found the time to go and get another bag. Yesterday afternoon I finished work early so I decided to go and get another bag of sand.
We dumped the bag of sand in the run.
Speckles is once again the first girl to check out the sand
Toffee photo bombed the shot.
Topaz and Butterscotch seem to like scratching in the sand and soon spread it around
The odd thing is that Honey doesn’t like the sand. After we put the sand in the run last time she wouldn’t go down to the run for the bedtime corn. I started giving her some corn on the patio instead. Once the sand had got mixed in with the soil and changed colour she was happy to go back down for the corn.
Last night when I threw the bedtime corn out into the run Honey wouldn’t leave the patio area once more. I again gave her the corn on the patio. It seems that she doesn’t like the colour of the sand.
Honey doesn’t like the sand
Honey has her bedtime corn on the patio
We wondered if it was because she is the same colour as the sand although I don’t see why that should bother her. All the other girls are happy to scratch in the sand but when Honey goes into the run during the day she goes via the wooden block and stays off the sand until it gets mixed with the soil and changes colour. At bedtime when it is getting dark she won’t go down to the run at all.
I find this very odd but who knows what goes on in those little chicken brains.
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Toffee’s photobomb is hilarious!
I was thinking that Honey may have thought her feathers were scattered all over, so that’s why she didn’t like the sand. Odd, but funny!
Right now, the only sand is found under a little lean-to that attaches to our coop. Our hens (especially Penny) like to take dust baths there, and will often pop in and out of there just for a quick break. Toward 6 pm, I want to lock them up, only to find them all huddled under there, like they expect to sleep outside! Silly birds…
I had another photo with even more of Toffee but thought it too ridiculous. My girls are all in by 4 pm at the moment. It is amazing how different things can be in different countries/areas. I love hearing how your girls are doing.