Friday, November 22, 2013

Feathered Friend Friday: Playing In The Leaves

Welcome to our "Feathered Friend Friday" series. Each Friday I write a post with interesting facts, photos, or funny stories about our chickens and guineas. If you need to catch up, you'll find all the Feathered Friend Friday posts here    

This is what it looks like in our neck of the woods right now.


Leaves everywhere! Which means it is a chicken playground. They absolutely love playing in the leaves and scratching away at holes to try to find hidden bugs and other delectable treats. With the decreasing daylight, it's hard for me to find time to let them out for supervised free ranging, but I do try to oblige whenever I can. It's so fun to sit and watch as everyone comes out to play.



Of course Duchess stands out amongst the leaves, but Emma kitty is pretty well camouflaged along with some of the chickens, like Red. I can't believe how well they blend in!


Once the daylight starts to fade, the chickens begin to make their way back to the safety of the coop to settle in for the night. Most of them head back before it gets too dark, but some of the younger girls like to stay out as late as they possibly can.


After the chickens have made their way to the coop, the guineas gather around for one last feather preening session as the sun sets, just before flying up into the trees to roost for the night.


Such a peaceful, calm way to end the day. I know the chickens enjoy their supervised free ranging time, but I think I may actually enjoy it even more.

~Tammy

36 comments:

  1. How fun to watch them scratching around in the leaves!

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  2. Those are some very happy looking girls!

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  3. so very cute! i love happy, free animals - well, as free as they can be for safety's sake!

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  4. It's lovely just watching them, they look happy ..it's good they hop off home at Dusk. x

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  5. Oh Tammy it looks very peaceful and calm to me lucky for all of you. I love the dried leaves and the chickens are loving picking through them. Great shots. Hug B

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  6. That is an autumn-coated kitty for sure: I've always admired her fur pattern.

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  7. Everyone looks to be enjoying playing in the leaves! I agree, it is fun and soothing to sit and watch chickens. :)

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  8. Your yard is a chicken wonderland!! Xo

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  9. I love watching chickens roam around. Thanks for sharing yours.

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  10. Wow! That's great! I enjoy your posting about this and your photos!

    diane @ aug's blog

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  11. I can almost hear the leaves rustling under little chicken feet. :-)

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  12. I think that I would love to watch them in the leaves, too! It looks so beautiful and peaceful! xo Karen

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  13. I love that fluffy chicken butt! They are precious!

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  14. Happy chickens!! Do you give them crushed oyster shells? I bet you have a problem with fox trying to get into their cage.

    I have fox and coyote both always trying to get to our chickens.

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  15. You have me wishing that my girls had leaves closer to the run. I really want to watch them scratch and play through a big pile!!

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  16. Oh my girls would love to hang out with your girls...:) They are also enjoying the leaves and I love to hear the sound as they scratch! Loved your post!

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  17. The young ones always push the envelope! ;) Such a peaceful way to spend the evening Tammy. I enjoy time with my dogs and YOU know I wish I had chickens:) They are so funny to watch and I love eggs. Have a wonderful weekend ahead:)

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  18. Lovely photos of the dog, cat and the chickens.

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  19. I love how your animals all get along so well together. Those leaves mean it's about to get cold. *sigh* :) Have a great weekend!

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  20. Beautful feathered and furry friends playing in the beautiful autumn leaves!! It doesn't get much awesomer than that :)

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  21. Cute seeing the chickens digging in the leaves. I just love your beautiful Duchess and cute Emma! They are all happy animals. Wonderful post and photos, Tammy! Have a great weekend and a happy Thanksgiving!

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  22. How fun! I can't tell you how much you are making me want to raise chickens and guineas! Love your blog!

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  23. Whoa now that's a lot of leaves, I bet the girls had a blast! Looks like everyone is so happy and I know what you mean... It's so relaxing and joyful to watch them out and about doing their chicken things. Have a great weekend Tammy!

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  24. ¸.•°♪♬♫º°
    Essa vida em harmonia com a natureza é uma preciosidade.

    ❥ Bom fim de semana!
    Beijinhos.♩♫♬°º•.¸
    Brasil.°º✿

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  25. Beautiful pictures, as always. I love how your chickens reflect the beautiful colors of the Season Tammy! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

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  26. I just love learning about the life of a chicken through your posts. Your animals sure are lucky to have you. And they obviously pay you back in joy doubled. Enjoy the weekend. Tammy

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  27. Duchess is Beautiful!!
    Such happy chickens getting rid of the bugs for you!! Hope you have a couple of chairs out there to watch the chickens - you've got the greatest Happy Hour activity!!

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  28. Everything looks so colorful with those leaves. The chickens must love to peck through them!

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  29. Looks and sounds so wonderful, especially for the chickens. A playground for them indeed!

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  30. They all look so cool with the leaves as their backdrop !

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  31. They must be having the greatest time finding stuff under the leaves.. smile.. xo

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  32. I adore the fall leaves and my crew all enjoy playing in the leaves too. The Coop Girls love it when they find something yummy hidden under one. :) We've finally got them all cleaned up for the year.

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  33. Love these pictures and also seeing the leaves. Everything is white here now, so these pictures brought me back ;)

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