It seems that all of the chickens must be laying now. We are collecting 3 - 5 eggs a day and have started enjoying these tasty treats. Every day we take special treats out to the girls in a way to thank them for the eggs, it only seems fair, they give us something special, and we give them something in return. It's been hard to find tastier treats than we have been giving them, but yesterday I gave them the mash left over after I had run some carrots and pears through the juicer and they acted like it was a sunday! We are able to let them out of the run almost everyday and now that Glen put up the new fence, they stay on our place and we can usually see them. They haven't ventured down to the garden yet but after we turn it over for the winter we are planning to take them down so they can have a feast. Chickens are really fun to interact with, most of them let me pet them if somewhat reluctantly but they all always come running to me when I go outside (I guess they are looking for a treat). They love Glen too since he always takes treats when he goes out to see them. This is turning out to be very different than I thought it would be, sharp learning curve in the beginning and now it has sort of leveled off. There is so much about chickens I never knew and never would have guessed but I am grateful for the opportunity to get to know about them.
