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….Calcifer’s favorite breakfast phrase 😅🙏💕

Built a little enrichment/perch setup for the chicks today using an old wooden ladder suspended on bungees above the coop door inside their run 😅

Honestly I wasn’t sure if they’d trust it right away but within no time all four girls were lined up together like they owned the place.

I’m really trying to focus on giving them things to explore, balance on, climb, scratch through, and interact with while they grow up. Watching them figure things out and develop their little personalities has been one of the most unexpectedly rewarding parts of raising chickens.

Current flock dynamics:
• Queenie = neighborhood watch
• Ginny = tiny goth cryptid
• Lettie = soft gray cloud
• Evie = feather-footed dinosaur

Would love to see other people’s coop/run enrichment ideas too 👀

Hennessy is my adopted rescue turtle 🐢
Lately we’ve been taking little walks around the yard together, which has been a really nice change of pace after his long winter “nap”. After winter he seemed a little drier than usual, so I recently brought him to an exotic vet just to be safe. Thankfully he got a clean bill of health 🤙
I’ll admit, sometimes I feel a little awkward saying I “adopted” a turtle because he’s definitely not the kind of pet that seeks attention or affection. He’s shy, independent, and honestly mostly wants to do turtle things.
But I’m learning that spending quiet time exploring with him is still a way of bonding, even if it looks different than it would with a dog or cat. I’m hoping the more time we spend outside together, the more I’ll learn about him and his little personality.