The livestock all enjoy a few treats
Sometimes with a variety of other animals about the place the chickens get overlooked,
This time of year there is some bargain treats around that they enjoy, even more so when they have removed every bit of green from there run.
Tucking into 10p pumpkin for breakfast
I got a load of pumpkins the other week 10p each, they store fairly well, quartered up the chooks really enjoy them, I also keep a look out for squashes and melons for them.
Apples, Bovey Belle fellow blogger brought me up two big boxes of apples, I scatter about a dozen around the run before letting them out and they love them. Brassica's hung from the frame of the run are another favourite although they do ave to work a bit jumping up for those, another is one of those solid cabbages, rammed onto a long nail in a bit of wood, they work at it for days.
As do the piggies again they are scattered around there enclosure,
you can here the squeals of joy when they find one.
Diary
Sunday December 5th 1982
Mr Coates came round for final settlement of hay and agreed to previous price.
Molly and I walked round and checked sheep, mended fence were they got out of top field.
Went down to the dingle, had lunch finished about 3 o'clock.
Molly and Douglas left about 4-15pm.
John gave Magic another dose of mixture Bracken a lot better.
So lovely to read about happy and well treated animals Dawn-x-
ReplyDeleteOh yes they are happy you can here them smiling
DeleteHow lovely, I can imagine the squeals of joy when uncovering an apple. Lucky chooks and piggies to have owners like you both.
ReplyDeleteIts more fun having them scattered around rather than chopped up and in the trough
DeleteWe used to feed our pigs loads of windfall apples, saves making apple sauce to go with the pork later! :-)
ReplyDeleteThats what I keep telling them
DeleteAh apples - you know you will be getting some more next week?! I am glad even the split windfalls won't be going to waste.
ReplyDeleteYour piggy wiggies look SO happy! Are they jumping through that hoop yet though?
no they cant reach it yet, apples are welcome
DeleteYour livestock look happy and contented with their lot, I might squeal with joy if I happened upon a treat myself.
ReplyDeletedont think you would sequel over a muddy apple though
DeleteThe chooks and piggies all look very happy. We let the chickens out of the enclosure every day just now and they love having a good scrat around under all the leaves we have on the ground at the moment. With the days being so short just now they sometimes take themselves back into the house not just the enclosure. I have the pumpkins I bought for display at Halloween so will be giving those to the girls today for a good feed.
ReplyDeleteI wish we could let them out but with the Buzzard threat we cant
DeleteIs that the top of the old polytunnel for the chickens? Everything is looking very healthy. Ours are going through moult and looking sorry for themselves.
ReplyDeleteIt is an old poly tunnel frame netted over ideal run for them
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