Hen Scratch

Hey, folks!! It's Dolly here with some hen house updates. 

(Fred and Ethel get way more print than me and the girls.  I'm just saying!)

But anyway, things are going great in the coop.  We have gotten into a good routine. We get up early in the mornings and wait around for Mama to come let us out of the coop.  Then we head down into the run to scratch around for the goodies she puts out for us like cantaloupe, apples, and tomatoes.  Of course, we enjoy the hen scratch she gets for us at Tractor Supply, too. One day we had a grand old time eating worms. Mama insisted it was just leftover spaghetti, but we knew better! We are fourteen weeks old this week, and should start laying eggs in about six more weeks. 

Mama still gets in the coop with us from time to time and I'm always the first one to get up in her lap. Patsy is usually right behind me, but Tanya and Reba are more skittish.

The rumor around here is that we are going to getting our wings clipped soon.  Apparently that has to happen before we get to "free range" (whatever that is), but it sounds like fun...free ranging, that is, not clipping!!

Until then,

Dolly

Oh, give me the country! where grass is green;

      Where the roses bloom with satiny sheen;

      Where the modest violet lifts up its head,

      As on it the warmth of the sun is shed:

Give me the country! where all is serene;

      Where the air is pure and fragrant and clean,

      And noise of the city is far away;

      Where gaiety thrives through each night and day.

God made the country, so lovely and fair!,

      Its wide open spaces for all to share;

      Where joy and contentment each one may find

      If he, earnestly, seeks for peace of mind.

~Gertrude Tooley Buckingham,

 "Give Me The Country!" (1940s)