Chickens in Tractors 6-15-12

Since Pearl is stil having her foot soaked every day and bandaged, we have kept her separated from the other girls.  Today we put Sophia in with her because she is so gentle. She did not go after Pearl's foot.

Ellie, Lacey and Harriet

Buffy in the Yard 6-13-12

There are chickens in the chicken tractors. Buffy is a new stray I am trying to tame. Today was the first I saw her just hanging out in the yard.

I zoomed in on the above pic.  She's so cute!

Barney, Juneau and Frizzie 6-12-12

Here is Juneau and Frizzie in their nursery. Barney, the stray cat I adopted, is drinking water off the tarp on top of the pen. It rained last night. He has water in a dish, but he likes it up there.  The birds don't mind him at all.

Pearl Outside Again 6-11-12

After being in the house for over a week, Pearl was standing more on her foot. We thought it ok to put her back outside during the day.  Instead of the coop area which is dirt, we put her in a chicken tractor in the grass. It gave her grass to eat, fresh air, and room to move around. She is by herself because we thought her bandaged foot would be something most of the hens would peck at.

Early Risers 6-11-12

It's 6:30 am. I woke up, looked out the window, and the girls are already lined up waiting for someone to come visit them. They are so spoiled!!!

Pearl's Surgery 6-9-12

We got brave and operated on Pearl's foot. I wrapped her in a towel and laid her on her side, talking quietly to her while Parke used an exacto knife to cut out the scab and squeeze the infection out. Pearl did great.  Parke did great. I was a little queezy.  This pic is after surgery.  I'm soaking Pearl's foot in the the koi fish solution. 

Pearl was so good thru all this.  She really trusts us. She left me hold her during surgery and now soaking her foot.

Packed it with neosporin and wrapped it up. (BTW, I did not wet my pants. The cats were curious as she was soaking her foot and she jumped out of the water, spilling it on my shorts.)  Pearl is a leghorn. If you get white eggs at the grocery store, this is the breed they come from.

Our First Children's Program 6-8-12

We did a program for a 5 year old special needs class. I wasn't allowed to take pics of the children. We were outside. We set up a fence along the building to put the hens in after we took each one around to each child.

This is the vegetation along the wall.

This is what it looked like after the chickens were there.  

Can you tell where the chickens were? They loved eating the weeds and looking for bugs for dessert.