It’s not as bad as I feared!

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Well I did go ahead and move the chickens into the greenhouse a couple of weeks ago when the weather was exceptionally cold. https://www.mylot.com/post/3536222/is-this-a-stupid-idea They were not enjoying spending their days standing about in their run on frozen mud with nothing to do (and they are under chicken ‘house arrest’ at the moment due to the risk of bird flu so they couldn’t explore further afield). I tidied up the greenhouse, moved in a spare house I happened to have, and blocked off the space under the bench with a big sheet of glass (an old shower door). They seem to be much happier there. The space is obviously higher so they can jump onto a perch and flap their wings. The soil in the border is dry so they can scratch about in it to their hearts’ content and even enjoy a dust bath. Of course they scratch a lot of it out onto the path and every couple of days I have to sweep it up and shovel it back in so they can do it again! Otherwise I soon wouldn’t be able to open the door enough to get through – I’ve put a floor brush just inside the door so if they scratch so much soil behind the door that I can only open it a couple of inches, I can still get an arm in to grab the brush and push it back! The weather now is much milder again, but wetter. I haven’t rushed to put them back outside because they don’t enjoy the wet either, so I figured they may as well stay there, since I won’t need it again until the spring. Maybe they’ll even clear out some of the spiders! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2023.