Oh how I love these "dog days of summer." The weather has finally cooled, much of the earlier summer's work is done, and "the girls" are enjoying their two "cabins," a never ending abundance of bugs and worms, and amazing views of the lake.
Our brave teenager, "Little Girl," was the first of the second batch to lay. She informed me of her first success by clucking and following me around the barnyard. When I looked in the nesting box, there it was: a chocolate brown, miniature Cadbury like egg! That night as I went to tuck the girls in, she was proudly nestled in the big girl cabin, a new member of the egg-laying club!
The life of chickens seems so relaxed and well defined. I find myself envying them~
