But don't know if it can be deemed free "ranging" when they never left this flowerbed.
All of the older chicks but two were enjoying the bounty of this garden, Sue Ellen and Minnie Mae were kept separate in the chicken run as Sue Ellen appears to have acquired a small injury. Nothing major I don't think as I believe the other chickens would have attacked and killed her if it were. Minnie Mae was in the run to keep her company. On the first day in the chicken run, in the huge rush to spill out of the rubbermaid tub, Sue Ellen somehow got her leg caught and has had trouble keeping her weight on it ever since.
Poor girl, and with the crowding in the brooder, I can't imagine there is much room to stretch out and let it heal. Looks like I'll be wipping together a sick bay brooder sooner then I had wanted to.
Don't you just love young chickens? They look so eager. You just can't buy that kind of excitement.
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I live a very simple life on a small hobby farm along with my husband, three kids, and an assortment of animals. Life may be simple but I love every minute of it.