Hot Chicks in a Box

Lazy, sunny, sublime

My babes found the sun.  I planned to build them a bath house so they could flup, flup, flup in the dust, and there would always be dust.  It was on my list of Things I get to do today--someday.  But after long weeks of rain, they were longing for that big, warm ball in the sky, just like every other Oregonian I've talked to lately.

Don't suppose the hens will ever grow tall
enough to need the vertical support

When the Vertical garden beds were built last spring, several were positioned in unused space next to the south side of the house.  I'll bet a nickel that Allen Fell, developer of this great idea, convinced as he was about the practicality and versatility of this garden design, did not foresee this particular use.

Hen Heaven

The earth in these boxes is a bit sandy and also drier than the other beds. The girls piled in, flopped over on their sides and lazily basked in the best of both worlds, earth and sky, eager for a dirt bath in the gentle warmth of the spring sun.