Almost as good as a day at the beach…

We have had chickens for a little while now. They aren’t quite old enough to lay eggs so really they are free-loaders at this point, but they are some of the most hilarious freeloaders I have ever seen. If you have never seen chickens behave, you are missing a true treat!

Hunt and peck!
Hunt and peck!
Crazy chickens!
Crazy chickens!

We have a coop that is apparently adequately sized for holding the number of birds we have.  They do seem quite happy inside and are safe and healthy.  Still, we especially like to let them roam about our fenced yard.  I cannot leave them there all the time as the neighborhood cats are ferocious hunters…they leave dead stuff on our doorstep all the time.  So we let them out often to roam about but we sit with them all the time.  Abigail and I dragged a couple of lounge chairs over by their coop so we can watch their antics a few weeks ago.  We go and sit with the birds pretty much daily.  At least one of us gets their daily, but it is so much fun that we usually hang out together.

Lounging in the chicken yard!
Lounging in the chicken yard!

We were talking the other day as they birds pecked and scratched about…Abigail declared that watching the birds was relaxing and, “Almost as good as a day at the beach.”  Indeed, sitting on a lounge chair in the back yard with one’s daughter watching chickens is a great day!

Probably a rooster!
Probably a rooster!

One day in the somewhat near future, I expect that we will get eggs so the chickens will get out of freeloader status.  Until then, they get marked in the budget solidly as entertainment and team building expenses!

4 thoughts on “Almost as good as a day at the beach…

  1. My hubby refers to the chickens as “the farmers fish tank”—-You can sit and watch them do their thing.; time and stress levels just melt away.

  2. I had some witty comment until I saw CeeCee mention ‘farmer’s fish tank’ and I forgot what I was going to say. I like that!

  3. I agree that chicken watching is a huge stress reliever, and their antics are quite amusing sometimes. Now you need to sneak in a couple of ducks and a turkey or two. That will really bump up the amusement factor.

  4. That last “probably a rooster” bird has some crazy looking coat!
    Schmenky’s girl Prudence comes when you call her, like a pet!

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