I know I recently did a post about the girls enjoying a bag of leaves but it is so joyful that I can’t resist briefly revisiting this. I recently met up with my friend and fellow chicken keeper Jackie and she gave me a bag of leaves and some greens from her allotment for the girls which are always much appreciated.
As promised I did tell the girls they were a gift from Auntie Jackie but I am not sure they were paying much attention!
They approached with the usual caution and interest
They soon had their heads down finding goodness knows what amongst those leaves
At last I managed to catch Dotty mid scratch
The girls always do this scratching movement among the leaves but most of the time by the time I have clicked the shot it’s missed it. This photo shows the typical scratching movement that the girls do all the time and is so amusing to watch.
When I went back a little later the leaves were scattered over the entire run. The girls will have days of joy from scratching in these leaves. Thank you Jackie.
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Glad to have been of service.. The other good thing of course is you don’t have to get rid of them in the end as they bio degrade down!
That’s true, lots of lovely compost for the veg plot. I am sure that is why we had the best potatoes ever this year!
It’s kind of the equivalent of buying a child a fancy toy and all they want to do is play with the box it came in. I say, skip the toy and give the hens what they want. A big old bag of leaves. I even have some drying in the garage which I’ll save for spring to give to my girls.
They do love some leaves. The previous bag I gave them kept them so entertained that they didn’t even bother with an apple I put in for them in the afternoon! In the mornings they couldn’t wait to get scratching in the leaves and barely had time for a quick peck at the pellets on the way past.