Breakfast is being served...

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 10:24 pm

Our chickens get served breakfast of fruit and veg all winter.
I look forward to May when I expect everybody to get their own freaking breakfast until October November and last year even December.
This is a first year I can remember when by end of July the grass was burnt to a crisp and I am back to serving breakfast on a bed of last years straw.
I hope they appreciate it

For Ameraucanas I have rigged up a giant dish out of landscape edging...

Wyandottes get a buffet of choose your own goodies..

baronrenfrew · Post by **baronrenfrew** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 10:46 pm

If I die and get reincarnated: may I be one of my pugs or one of your chickens!

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 10:55 pm

What a lovely compliment Bert,
but you know everybody here is expected to earn their keep, your pugs probably have much more relaxed lifestyle.

Maximus · Post by **Maximus** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 6:37 am

Talking about pampered poultry! Love that you take such great care of them!! If I'm ever your way in the winter months don't be surprised if I show for breakfast :)

TomK · Post by **TomK** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 7:13 am

There's precious little for the girls to range on here these weeks...everything is so parched...grass has been done for weeks...last year i fed the extra from my garden...especially kale and zucchini...so this year i grew a lot more and good thing too...decided to grow a row of green cabbage too...they all split in the heat so salvaged what i could for my saurkraut and the rest is chicken salad...the girls are eating well...but no grass..nope..none

Post by **Killerbunny** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 7:32 am

OC they do not appreciate it, they know it is their right!

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 9:44 am

Killerbunny wrote:QR_BBPOST OC they do not appreciate it, they know it is their right!

How right you are!
Reading the comments I had to chuckle, there is some basic misunderstanding here, I don't pamper them, I just can't stand the moaning and groaning and complaining, when there is nothing interesting to peck at :)
Same here Tom the grass has now turned sickly grey and on top of it the willows are loosing leaves, so no shade, wish I had grown more veggies like you.
Now starting to wonder what the cost of feed is going to be looking at the stunted corn.
Now wood be a good time to make some haylage, if only there was grass....

Post by **WLLady** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 1:18 pm

OC...adopt me? please?

yeah feed prices, especially corn, going to go up....lots of people doing silage this year instead of seed/feed corn. i have corn on right now, hoping we'll get something and then after harvest i'll glean the field and strip the cobs and crack it for the girls/horses for the winter. tons of corn fields around here and if they aren't silage chopped i know i can glean at least 400 acres around here....pretty easy with the atv. saves a bit of money.

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 4:02 pm

Maximus wrote:QR_BBPOST Talking about pampered poultry! Love that you take such great care of them!! If I'm ever your way in the winter months don't be surprised if I show for breakfast :)

I think you would be a bit disappointed people breakfast is yogurt and fresh fruit every morning.

WLLady wrote:QR_BBPOST OC...adopt me? please?

Kathy, my sons are 37 & 42 & 49 , if as I suspect you will fit neatly somewhere in there, you have got a deal :)
I always said I wanted a daughter only if she came fully finished at the age of 21 possibly because my mother and I disagreed on the way I should be raised since I knew SHE was doing it all wrong. :)

Post by **WLLady** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 4:05 pm

Well im quite a bit older than 21 lol