Now that it has been forecast to stay dry for a while I decided to remove the board that had been covering the mud at the end of the chicken run.
It was a lovely warm sunny day and as soon as I removed the board the girls were straight onto the patch of ground it had covered, pecking, to see what they could turn up.
I have removed the board
The girls inspect the new ground
Once they had started to lose interest I dug it over for them and turned up some worms. For once each girl actually managed to get a worm, the little girls don’t often get a chance, but today they both grabbed a worm and ran off with it. I went on to dig over the entire run and turned up a few more worms.
The sun is on this corner of the run every day at the moment so I hope the ground that was under the board will now dry out at last. How lovely it will be to have a dry run again.
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Just lovely to be dry . It makes cleaning the coup and patio and interacting with the girls so much easier .
You are so right, being in their run and cleaning up is so much nicer and easier. It is actually a joy to see the run dry again, all over, instead of just in parts.