TIME FOR A WALK-ABOUT

January has been cold and rainy but yesterday we got a break from both.

We took advantage of the break and replaced the tarp over the chicken run. The old tarp was so worn out it was doing very little to protect the area from the weather.

For the first time in months, we were able to let the chickens roam around the yard for a couple of hours. Boy, did they enjoy scratching through the leaf litter! We also added a new layer of bedding in the coop and filled their dust bath bowl with peat moss. 

It was quite comical to watch them taking turns in the bowl today. It has been completely emptied again. SMH, silly chickens.

Spring will be here before we know it. In the meantime, though, homesteading work is happening in Slo-Mo.