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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BadgeBunny" data-source="post: 1809321" data-attributes="member: 1242">Yea! Good for you!! I'm looking for my first egg come August or so ... (I got baby chicks.) Our chickens do have run of the backyard (I clipped their wings). Haven't had to mow yet but I'm getting real tired of putting dirt back where it belongs ... I rake it up, they scratch it out, I rake it up, they scratch it out! LOLAnd I can certainly attest to the manufacture of rabbit poo ... sheesh ...I like the rabbits better than the chickens. GC likes the chickens better than the rabbits. Duke the Boxer LOVES them all equally! He plays and plays and plays ... The chickens will come take his dog treats away from him and peck him on the foot when he tries to nap. He just looks at me like "Good grief Mom! Stop laughing and DO SOMETHING!!"I want some quail but I'm not sure I'm gonna have room. Wonder if GC will let me put them in the front yard with the "covert" beehive I'm gonna stick up there?? Shhhh ... it's a secret (the beehive) ... <img src="/images/smilies/lookaround.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lookaroun" title="Lookaround    :lookaroun" data-shortname=":lookaroun" />ETA: CardsFan -- when we were keeping the chicks in a little run we moved it once a week. That was just enough for the chicks to keep the weeds under control and not destroy the bermuda grass. In the places where the run sat the grass has no weeds and is green beyond belief. The rest of the yard ... ehhh ... not so much ... Maybe I should coop the hens back up and move them strategically through the summer but I'm afraid they'd revolt after having tasted freedom! LOL They have a routine now ... I can look out in the back and tell you what time of day it is by where the chickens are in the yard. It's a hoot!!</blockquote>

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