It was a very busy day for us, on this beautiful, sunny Sunday...

The girls are very happy to be back in grass again....

doesn't bother them that it's brown!

we moved the girls from the enclosed garden area to the new "pastured" (I use that term loosely considering the "pasture" is brown!) area.  We ordered extra fencing to make their area bigger, now that they're bigger also.   We also had to clip one wing on each girl so they couldn't try to fly over the fence!  It went much better than I thought...we had never done that before, this being our first batch of chickens and all.  We weren't sure if they had a quick or something that we could cut, but apparently not, because it went well.  Although in the middle of clipping their wings, we noticed bleeding from one of the girls and thought we HAD nipped her, but she apparently has done something to one of her toenails.  So we had to do first aid... on a chicken! (we're trying not to have a repeat of the "Helmut incident!")  We had to wash the wound to see what was going on, sprinkle cornstarch on the wound to stop the bleeding (read it in our chicken book.. who knew cornstarch had so many uses!), and put liquid bandage on it so she wouldn't get it infected with poop or dirt... so we'll see if she makes it, or if she'll be stew... i know you'll be on pins and needles waiting to hear the outcome, so we'll keep you posted... Meanwhile, here are the new digs...

Eric's hooking up our first solar panel device! To keep predators out... so cool!

Alright, I am embarrassed to show this, but apparently not ALL of our ladies are keeping up with their hygiene... I'll be having a little talk with this one later tonight!

In spite of SOME of the ladies'  hygiene deficiencies (ahem!),  all the eggs come out remarkably clean!

 And this pic pretty much sums up my life now, not that I'm complaining at ALL... I love it!  Dirt, poo,  and boots... and notice the stuck feather...