Where is our Summer? Has it come and decided not to stay?
Today started promising, sun was shining, sky was blue, a few greyish clouds off in the distance. Half an hour ago the heavens opened and we had a bit of a downpour. On a positive note this means I won't have to go and water all of the plants on the allotment, on a negative note it means the hens will be sheltering in their hen houses and looking miserable. Our horse will be stood in his stable, waiting for the sun to come out.
The first thing our hens normally do on a morning is to go and have a drink of water from the drinkers. This morning I noticed that they were drinking from all of the mucky puddles in the hen runs. Just wondering why they prefer this to the clean drinking water available - perhaps it is because it is tap water, perhaps they are lacking something in their diet which makes the puddles more appealing.
Over the winter months I tend to put straw down in the runs to make it a bit better under foot for the hens. May have to start getting some straw sooner rather than later, at this rate!
Something different!
3 days ago
3 comments:
Mine do the same Greta, they seem to prefer rain water to tap, and the muddier the puddle the better, ewww!
You have a horse too? Now i'm really jealous. I have already put straw down in the run, it was like thick gravy in there!
They are really muddy this morning, one of the main problems is they don't wipe their feet to use the nest boxes, so eggs are getting a tad muddy?!!!
Memo to self - new welcome mat required.
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