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<\/a>Peaches and Barley check out the nest box<\/p><\/div>\n
Peaches and Barley always go straight to the nest box for an inspection. When I am ready to put the nest box back on I usually have to move them out of it first.<\/p>\n
I then take the side panel off of the opposite end of the coop and proceed to clean there.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Peaches and Barley check out the coop<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Has she missed a bit?<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>We can help her with this<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>How am I meant to see out from under this comb?<\/p><\/div>\n
You can see by Barley’s open beak that there is always a running commentary going on.<\/p>\n
<\/a>A good job done we think<\/p><\/div>\n
The entire time that I am cleaning up Peaches and Barley are helping me and chatting away to me. I say chatting, they actually squeak the whole time and I often call them “my squeaky girls”. It’s so sweet because I can feel their combs bobbing against my hands and I have to nudge their feet aside from time to time.<\/p>\n
I am convinced that they think that I am doing the same thing that they are and it’s a shared mutual daily occupation. As soon as I put the side panel back on the coop they leave the coop and carry on with their day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Every morning at first light I poop pick the coop and like clockwork my little helpers join me. I wonder if it’s an age thing because last year Honey and Amber used to do this but they have now retired … Continue reading