The #mulberries are coming off the tree thick & fast! Even the #chickens can't keep up (I think their diet is solely #berries) 🤣! I have about 4 lbs. altogether in the fridge. I guess I better prepare to make jam or throw 'em in the freezer! 😅 #canning#foraging#Food#Mulberry
I just encountered a beautiful garter snake in my backyard, inside the wire fence that keeps our chickens out of the raised beds. I hope it stays safe and avoids the six ravenous murder birds out there. #chickens
Today in the garden: irises and chickens. Who doesn't love irises and chickens? The chickens are four years old this week (they are all sisters, or half sisters). The irises are at least 20 years old. They came with the house and I've moved them several times before settling on this spot. They're finally doing well here--maybe they like being near the chickens. #gardening #gardeningMastodon #bloomScrolling #PNW #chickens
These chickens are giving me the side-eye. The closest ones look at me with their right eye, the ones further away with their left eye.
This is because the right eye is nearsighted and the left eye is far-sighted - so when they get closer, the head switches sides.
Chickens can also see UV light, so they perceive more of the spectrum than humans, but they have extremely poor nightvision and thus go to bed (roost) early.
The mother hen on the allotment field now has only three babies. I'm sure there were around 9 or 10 a couple of weeks ago.
Stigg lets the birds roam free, he let the cockerel breed, he doesn't care if the birds or chicks live or die, he only got them to piss the council off. A dog killed a hen a few days ago, he laughed. He feeds them stale white bread and they have no shelter.
The council have told him to get rid of them, especially the cockerel but he won't. #gardening#allotment#chickens