My neighbour's chickens have discovered that I put seed down in the front garden for the wild birds & have taken to coming over for their breakfast. There is Daddy Cockerel & Junior Cockerel, the hens & one who is most decidedly not a chicken but thinks she is - a lady pheasant who moved in about 2 years ago as a young bird & is part of the flock now.
I took the photos through the window so they aren't as clear as they could be & my garden looks awful after everything was frosted up by the snow & cold weather. When it's gets a bit warmer I'll have to get out there & do some clearing.
Who can resist a free meal! I hope the wild birds got a look in too!
ReplyDeleteI was looking out of my window this morning at the carnage in my garden.. thinking just the same thing.. what a mess! I need to tidy it up.. shall add it to the list of 'Things to Do'...
Michele x
That's nice to see, but not nice for the garden birds who visit.
ReplyDeleteVery cheeky gang :)
ReplyDeleteChickens are cheeky aren't they. I wouldn't worry about the garden, I'm sure that it doesn't look any worse than anyone else's. I don't know about you but I really can't face gardening in the wet or cold.
ReplyDeleteTracey
My hens have taken up a guard duty underneath the hanging bird feeders and gobble up anything that gets dropped!
ReplyDeleteI love cheeky chickens, mine are on gaurd outside the back door any one would think I didn't feed them.
ReplyDeleteLouise x
You're so lucky! I would LOVE to have neighbors whose chickens popped over for a visit!
ReplyDeleteI would love to keep chickens and to go out in the morning and get those lovely fresh eggs for breakfast.They have some in the garden down the road and I love to hear the cockeral in the mornings.Same here regarding the state of the garden.Although... plants I thought would have died have surprisingly survived the freeze!
ReplyDeleteBellaboo
How lovely to have a pheasant who thinks she is a hen ! My four stand under the bird table looking hopeful ! They also were very nosey visiting all the neighbours so I had to resort to clipping their wings as I thought they may cause an accident in the road.
ReplyDeleteMy garden looks awful too - and the hens have destroyed the grass so I'm starting a veggie plot which will be fenced off !
You have to smile! Love the pheasant who thinks she's a chicken - probably has a lovely life as well! Bye for now, Lesley
ReplyDeletewhat a nice sight! i've always wanted chickens...
ReplyDeleteI fancy keeping chickens!
ReplyDeleteWe have an old chicken coop at the bottom of the garden.It's falling to bits! So someone once kept chickens here.
As for your garden..what a mess !! (joke) Mine looks far worse!
Roll on gardening time!
;-)
Hi Jayne!
ReplyDeleteI love your pictures. I would love to have some hens in our garden, but I don't think that our cat would be very friendly to them...:)
xx
We're lucky to get anything but squirrels in our garden!!
ReplyDeleteVictoria x
You can hardly blame those chickens, they know exactly where there is a good meal to be had.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy the idea that the wild pheasant hen is an equal partner in the eating...
Susan