At this time of year the sun is patchy in the chicken run. The girls will always find a patch of sun though.
Sitting in a patch of sun
First they were on one side of the run and then a little later on the other side of the run.
Snoozing in another patch of sun
They are experts at following the sun around.
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They know whats good.
Like me, they love to sit in the sun.
I’m not looking forward to the cold, dark winter days that are ahead! It will be our first time with the chicken run in place and I can imagine it staying quite damp. There’s a few jobs like gutter repairs I need to do while I’ve got the chance.
On a side note, the soil in your run is similar to ours since I put all that extra soil in. It’s loose. Do you find that the poop dissapears into it? There is way less poop to pick up now! I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or not.
I am not looking forward to winter either. Summer is a better time for chickens with the longer, dryer days. I find the poop easy to pick up from the soil. I use a disposable glove and a grape pot to collect it because in catering I have both these items to hand all the time. If there is a wet patch under the poop I take all the damp soil with it. This is why the soil needs topping up at times. In summer I pick up in the morning, lunch time and before bedtime and in the winter just at lunch time and bedtime (I am a bit obsessive). Don’t forget that as the days are getting shorter there will be less poop in the run. Also bantams have much smaller poops than standard girls and seramas have much smaller poops than bantams so my poop level has much reduced. With that the food level is also much reduced. I used to buy big sacks of pellets and now buy small bags of pellets.