Last night it rained heavily. I woke up several times to hear it hammering down. This morning it had stopped and was bright with a clear blue sky. Because it rained so long and hard part of the area under the umbrella in the chicken garden was wet but there was still a patch one side which stayed dry.
When I went back mid morning to check on the chooks they were happily scratching away under the umbrella. It was so nice to see them scratching again. It has taken them three days to get used to the umbrella but it’s worth it to see them scratching.
Scratching happily under the umbrella
No longer afraid of the umbrella
A still photo doesn’t really show them scratching properly but it’s great to watch. It sort of repeatedly goes: scratch, scratch, scratch, backwards step, peck. Their own little chicken dance and they look so happy.
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