Instead of a “Peeping Tom”, we have a “Peeping Dom” . . Dominique chickens! Six of them to be exact!
Someone . . maybe several someones, convinced me to let some of the chickens out to help with getting rid of the grasshoppers. Those six chickens eat a million grasshoppers a day but they haven’t made a dent in the grasshopper population. What they have done is covered my entire yard in chicken poop and now they’ve decided that the front porch is an excellent place to relax and enjoy their days . . and you know what chickens do non-stop! If you forgot, you might want to read Helen’s little educational comment about chickens. She was definitely right about what goes in . . well, let’s not get too graphic here but let’s say that I’m pretty tired of scrubbing my front porch and I’m tired of chasing them off the porch.
But worse . . they’ve resorted to walking around the house, hopping on the window ledges, looking in the windows til they find us.
Sunday I decided to take a nap. I had just gone to sleep when I heard a noise at the bedroom window. I kept trying to figure out what it was and then finally I opened my eyes. The blinds were open and there were three chickens on the window ledge looking in at me.
OK .. no one is in this room. Let’s go check out another room but . . how do we get down from the top of this box?
The rooster decided to slide down the box. See the other rooster in the background? He loves eating the purple blossoms on my plants. I think their days of free ranging are about to end. In the summer it’s ok to wear flip flops and leave them at the door but in the winter, it’s not going to be so easy to leave shoes outside the door and there’s no way shoes can be worn inside the house . . not with all the chicken you know what in my yard. Gross!
They’re so used to being able to roam around the whole area, I don’t know what will happen if we keep them penned up. Maybe it’s time for chicken & dumplings, or gumbo!
Judy D in WA says
We let ours free range for a long time. I was so tired of chicken poo everywhere that finally I convinced Ernie to cross fence a huge area. Now they can still free range but they are away from the house. There are a couple that think they don’t have to stay in but for the most part it is wonderful.
Roberta says
We have peeping chickens too but they only look in the dining room window, only place with something to get up on besides the window sill. Small tip, always walk looking down, you learn that bring in a herd of dairy cows in the summer and if you think chickens are gross, try cow!!!!!! Not just on the bottom then!!!!!!!!!! LOL
Hugs!!!!
JudyL says
That’s exactly how I ran into a huge mesquite tree . . watching where my feet stepped instead of watching where I was headed. Oh, yes . . I see daily what the cows leave behind but thank goodness, they’re on the other side of the fence.
Erin says
Oh this is funny! I needed a good laugh!
Mary in VA says
But Judy – the box makes a perfect slide for chickens who just want to have fun! I heard a noise at my door the other day and opened it to find one of my “girls” chasing a bug on the porch. My son (who isn’t used to chickens) had left the coop door open when he fed them for me. Good thing is was my older girls who will follow me anywhere for a bit of tomato….
Jevne says
But don’t you get nice bright golden yolks from the free range chickens? I’ve also read that they’re more nutritious, I think it was in MENews.
Diana Purdy says
Peeking Chickens….. that is so funny! A prisoner in your own home to chickens 🙂 BUT, could you really eat your chickens after giving them names?
Bev says
Chickens are so cute…when they belong to someone else. Thanks for the pictures.
Jojo says
Ah ha ha ha!! I love it! Wish I could let ours free range. BTW Crocks are our chicken pen “shoe of choice” – lol
Jo
Madame Tut says
Oh, they look like they want you to come out and play. Or maybe they want to see what you are quilting…
If you decide to try appliqué again, maybe you should do one of Maggie Walker’s appliqué chickens.
http://www.maggiewalkerdesign.com/quilts/country/info.html
Linda in NE says
Feathered peeping doms….another good chicken story.
Katie says
Those chickens are too funny. My parents have a few and my mom draws the line at them being on the porch. Her porch has railings, so she puts out an umbrella, open, that has a bullseye-like pattern. The chickens are terrified of it and won’t go near the porch when it’s there! MIght not work as well for yours, though…