So by now, you've probably heard about the "roving band" of neighbourhood chickens that visit our front porch regularly. On Saturday afternoon, Glen and I were sitting on the front porch enjoying the afternoon sun. Jasmine was very restless and wouldn’t settle down – we asked her to lie down, she would, but shortly after would get up and look at the ground below the porch through the metal fence.

After a bit of this, Glen looked down to see what she was looking at and below was one of our neighbourhood chickens. But she was not alone...there were 4 baby chicks beside her!
After recovering from the shock of seeing the chicks, we watched for awhile and eventually counted 8 chicks darting in and out from underneath our neighbourhood hen. We looked again a bit later and saw 11. As of yesterday afternoon, we have a mother hen with 15 chicks living underneath the shrubbery on the front of the house.
They are hungry boys and girls. Typical scenario: we put 2 cups of food down near them and within an hour it is gone! This morning Glen bought a 50 lb bag of chick food, and at this rate, it should be gone in no time.
2 comments:
I love your pictures, good blog!
Do you guys have a bbq?
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