Chickens and Pumpkins

 October

is the time for pumpkins

and chickens.

This year, my flock of four are ready to celebrate the season (hopefully with pumpkin piñatas). Honey is more pumpkin-like, so in her honor I present to you my master piece.

Here are some flower pictures from the yard.

This one's a bit frazzled.

. . .

Anyway, I brought the girls some more food

which they rushed to get

and then left, except for Lily.

I have a good no-chicken-attacking-birds defense.

This stick.

Which doubles as a roost and a raven-whacking weapon.
Just in case.

When it's time to go in

I get the treats. 

It's the end of grub week, so last day of grubs before scratch week.

The girls look to me for tasty dried bug larvae.

I wonder

if they actually care about me

or if I'm just the 'Treat Fairy' to them.

Happy Grub Week!

. . .

Now onto other subjects.

The fall is coccidiosis season. We have found signs of a possible coccidiosis out break, but no one seemed too badly affected aside from Lily, who has just recovered from being lethargic for a couple days, possibly due to 'coccidiosis season'.

On that note, we'll end this post here.

Happy chicken keeping, and stay tuned for my next post.