Spring has definitely SPRUNG! The girls have been staying close to the barn and the other building all winter. So much so, that the two flocks have not been interacting. Well, since the weather has been so nice, they've been getting adventuresome. Today Myrtle and Harriet ventured to the house and "knocked" on the door (darn near drove Isabelle insane). I quickly chopped up some cheese and treated them for coming to say "hello." It has been so long since I've had hens on the deck...it was nice to see them sunning themselves on the picnic table (note to self: bleach picnic table before thinking about eating anything off of it). Pearl and Opal (the Buff O. Plymouth Rock crosses that hatched last June and are a pale yellow) are FILTHY. They have been taking mud baths. Either that, or they want to be black hens...Yes, Spring has SPRUNG! The girls are getting more difficult to get in at night--they want to stay out until the last possible moment. I really have to be stricter about their curfew.
