Farm Chores

Calling the girls to feed them their evening treat plus all leftover/compost from our kitchen.

I do feel like the pied piper of chickens....

This is one of my favorite farm chores, I really like feeding all animals: part is that I am Italian and I just plain like to feed, animals or people; part is that I like being at the center of the attention....

Walking with 80 chickens underfoot you have to be careful where you step... and because they are afraid of nothing, they will step right in front of you, all excited about their daily treat.

After giving them our leftovers, I always throw them some scratch, it keeps them busy while I collect eggs and finish chores.

Filling the feeders with a mixture of whole grains (corn, barley, oats, wheat, flax, and soybean)

Spreading shavings inside the coop, collecting eggs from the "special" nesting boxes...

Changing out the bedding in the standard laying boxes..

Collecting eggs

the day's bootie...