This week there was the hint of spring in the air here in southwestern Montana. We opened the gate on our chicken run and let the hens have a little free range time. They were excited and ready to run free. They are looking for the little bits of green that are starting to show up.
We still have some snow on the ground but they can work their way around it. We pulled out some straw from the coop and spread it around on the ground which is still quite muddy, to help their human caretakers not track so much around and beat what little grass we have down.
The hens thought that we were tossing the straw about to make it easier to find tasty morsels. We had to do a double take and recount the hens, because all the feathers from the molting they did this winter looked like a fox had been in the hen house. Fortunately it was a false alarm.
We are all ready for a little spring weather here. Everyone is tired of being cooped up.
Beautiful view and chickens, thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much
This may sound random, but how tall are your gates, and do your chickens fly over them?
My fence and gate are 4 feet tall. No the chickens don’t fly over them. I think it is mostly because I don’t have a top rail for them to light on, except for the gate.
We are ready for spring here in Michigan, too, especially after last week’s miserable wet, heavy snow and ice. Hit 61 today, but unfortunately more snow is predicted for the week ahead. Oh well, won’t be too long now till the daffodils start making an appearance.