We tried moving our pumpkin to higher ground on the front porch and surrounded it with obstacles to keep the hens away but the chickens were not deterred. In fact, they were relentless. There’s something about a pumpkin chickens cannot resist. Yesterday I finally relented and moved the pumpkin–what was left of it–out into the […]
My wife came home the other day with a gorgeous collection of gourds to mark the Halloween season. She arranged them decoratively on the front porch and our laying hens promptly began to make a meal out of them. Really? Is there anything chickens won’t peck at? Here you see them attacking the pumpkin from […]
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The other day my wife and I returned home from lunch out and soon noticed something oddly missing. Through a bank of south-facing living room windows we normally have a clear view of our 30 laying hens cavorting in the yard. But as I peered out the windows, it suddenly dawned on me: The chickens […]
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