Wow, time flies, doesn't it?  I can't believe that tomorrow is Memorial Day already.  We have begun to think about camping and leaving our "girls" alone for a few days, with our real "girls" as caretakers.  And, feeding the chickies is kinda a pain every day.  On top of that, they can't seem to eat without depositing pine shavings and you know what in the feeder.  Enter my clever husband!  He bought some PVC pipe and connectors and made an auto chickie feeder and hung it from the door, up off the ground so it was harder for them to make a, ah, "deposit"...LOL.

Here are a couple pics, here is where you put the food in:

Then, here is where it is attached, to the door on the inside:

And a close up:

and it took the chickies about two minutes to figure out how to eat our it!

Dave was smart enough to be sure it was not UNDER the perch because, well, you know why.

by the way, the "girls" are getting quite big, here is a picture of them eating out of our hands to give you an idea.  they eat so fast, sometimes they are just a blur in the camera!

Have a wonderful holiday everyone.

My little chickies are now 10 weeks old, 2 1/2 months already, hard to believe.  They are so big and so busy.  Today was coop cleaning day (not my favorite, I will admit), but 10 minutes and done, so I shouldn't complain.  Here is a picture of what a clean coop looks like, look quick because it won't stay this way for long.

Keeping the floor covered with pine shavings makes cleaning a snap, just rake it out and start over, LOL.

The chickens are beginning to get nicknames, and one is Ms. Bossy because wherever she goes, everyone runs to catch up....guess that's the way of the pecking order.  The good news about having your white chicken designated as Ms. Bossy is that you can FIND your other chickens because she is white and everyone always hangs with her....otherwise, I would never find the others, especially the "twins".  Now honestly, would YOU have found her under the wheelbarrow, if Ms. Bossy was not there?

As for the "twins", they really do look different from one another, sort of like real twins.  Ms. Souffle's feathers are much more colorful than Ms. Omelet, and Ms. Souffle holds her tail feathers in a neat wedge shape...hmmm, maybe she should be called Dorothy Hammel?  Wow, I need a life.

And the final nickname has to be "Legs" because Ms. Quiche certainly has some...I am afraid she is going to be a nine foot tall chicken if she doesn't stop growing.  But she is the most gentle and most friendly of the flock and always comes and eats out of my hand and comes when called.  She is finally becoming a young lady and is much more attractive than she was in her teens....

As a side-note, the yard is looking fantastic, no wonder the little chickies (I guess they need a new group name), are loving it too.

Bye from the coop.