Hens finally venturing outside





I rushed home at lunch, stapled myself into the pen (still thinking about a gate), and opened the door. Then I sat back with a camera and watched the hens peek out, change their minds, look over each other's shoulders, scratch around the door, run in, peep back out... it was fun.

I'm actually glad they're so cautious - I want them to run inside and fly to the roost when scared, and so far that's what seems to be happening.

I left them out after lunch, and when I got home I took a sling chair out and sat reading while they scratched around under the holly bushes in front of the henhouse. They are still not venturing more than 3-4 feet from the henhouse, but they seemed to be having a lot of fun in the leaf litter.

  ¶ 10:41 PM