Pictures of the Chickens
September 8, 2011 by Shanniepeg
These pictures were taken during the summer. I know I haven’t uploaded recent pictures lately, so here they are.
While foraging, Cinnamon and Saffron found a patch of dug-up dirt under a worktable in my yard. They decided it would be a perfect place to take a dust bath so they plopped themselves down and started getting cleaning!
They sprayed some dirt at me while I was taking the pictures!
Caught!
Saffron all ruffled up!
I let my chickens forage in the yard and I put Cinnamon and Saffron's food and water out in the yard, too. Cinnamon and Saffron, however, didn't have much of a chance to eat it. The big chickens came right over and started helping themselves!
Garretta and Ginger in the area under my deck. Ginger is looking glorious in her peck-free sunglasses!
Dali looking as marvelous as ever!
Cinnamon and Saffron almost never forage with the other chickens. They hang out under the sgade of the lilac bushes.
My mom planted flowers in front of the coop to make it look pretty.
I braved the rain during the tropical storms of Hurricane Irene and headed out to the coop to check if any of my chickens had blown away. When I peeked my head inside, I found Ginger and Guinevere, snuggled up in the nest, safe from the wind and rain.
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The girls weren't going to let Garretta into the nest, though. Poor Garretta!
Such fun pics! I am so intrigued by those sunglasses. Is that really what they are? Meant to prevent pecking? Or getting pecked?
We just got 2 hens and a chick. I know the chick is going to get pecked quite a bit when she’s finally ready to join the other two. 😦
Yes, the “sunglasses,” or pinless peepers as they are officially called, are meant to prevent older chickens from pecking the younger ones. Garretta has lost some feathers due to pecking and my Silkie Rosebud actually died because Ginger and Guinevere pecked her to death. We put the pinless peepers on Ginger and Guinevere and we haven’t had a problem with pecking since. They don’t even peck Cinnamon and Saffron, who are much younger than them. I hope your chick doesn’t get pecked too badly. I would recommend some “sunglasses” for your hens, however pecking might not be too big of an issue depending on the breed of your hens.