I will be happy for my "girls" when the heat does back off a bit. This is the routine: early morning refresh water with cold water, feed tidbits of veggies and leftovers from morning lunch prep, replenish crumble in feeder and throw out more scratch. Everyone is happy in the morning - cluck, cluck...
Hopefully a few eggs will be on the way once it does cool down. I am starting to think how I will put together nesting boxes and weather protection. Right now the open run provides the best relief from the heat. I have moved it where it is in deep "Johnson grass" (apparently a hardy Oklahoma weed!) but it provides shade and the roots hold moisture from the daily evening waterings to help keep the girls cool during the brutal part of the day. They dig little dirt nests back in the tall grass and lay down in them all spread out and fluffed to take advantage of the moist earth's cooler temp...and who said chickens didn't have "smarts"!?
Last weekend we had an overnight visitor - Ivy. Time with Grandma and Grandpa is more limited now with everyone working and Ivy going off to "big girl school" (kindergarten). She loves to help - sweeping is one of her things to do. The hairdo is for fun - she thought she looked like Belle from Beauty and the Beast - I thought sweeping was more Cinderella like but Belle thought it was a perfect photo opp.
...I know, I know - no more weather talk but I want to start turning on my oven and baking a little! Keep yourself just right this weekend and have some fun!
