Cooler Nights

               The nights have quickly turned to darkness. My chickens have started going to bed the instant it is dark. They pile into the coop about five to five thirty. This is not okay because it  is increasing difficult to watch my chickens the darker it is outside. They don’t do much inside the coop. They sleep on top of one another, piled up in a box to stay warm. It’s a bit funny because the small pheasant hen lays on the bottom and the two biggest chickens (the black hen and the rooster) sit atop the group. 

               My dogs have fun watching the chickens. The coop is right up against the fence so the dogs look at them all day. The Shepard runs up and down the fence, barking and jumping at the chickens. She does this every day non-stop, it’s a game to her. She never gets tired or bored. The chickens don’t mind they just taunt her by getting as close to the fence as possible then jumping away. Even if we open the gate she does not go outside the fence, she still stays on the inside of the fence and barks at them. The three little dogs mostly sniff the fence and eat the eggs I drop while bringing them to the house.