Chickens on parade

If you've been around chickens all your life, if you're totally familiar with all their idiosyncrasies, if they hold no fascination to you whatsoever, well, you have my permission to skip this post.

For the rest of you, remember that this is my very first flock and everything a chicken does is of interest.

Take this photo, for example. You've heard of the expression, "When chickens come home to roost....."? Well, this is what my chickens do. The sun goes down and the chickens march. Left, right, left, right, left, right into their little coop.

I don't have to bed them down, I just show up eventually and secure the latch. Like the good little girls they are, they put themselves to bed, they tuck themselves in, they do everything except close their bedroom door.

Now, aren't chickens amazing?