6 more sleeps until Flockdown is over for the Girls. They have no idea. I can hardly wait!
The area we let them out into, covered with approprately sized netting to comply with regulations, is such a mess. We've had to restrict their time out, and I'm spending a small fortune each week on fresh vegetables for them. I'm getting another delivery today, hopefully the last (for chicken veg).
When they do go out, they will have access to the "lawn", the one area we aim to ckeep chicken free. Almost chicken free. It's the area we use - used to use - for the chicks, for a few weeks before they go to the allotment to live. No chicks last year, and no chicks this year. We don't have space to add any chicks to the flock here and, more importantly, we don't want to have any more birds given the precariousness of the Covid situation.
We will spend a few hours next Wednesday fencing off the garden that we don't want the girls to go in. This is the veggie beds, the area they have been using as their "outside area", and all the areas tha DH re-seeded at the beginning of March. It also includes a small grassy patch which we are keeping as a backup for them, in case it takes a while for their previous "outside area" to recover.
Gloria and Norah are still here, surprisingly. I've been expecting Gloria to check out for a few days, but she's carrying on. She's still eating, helped by a faily private dining experience of half an iceberg lettuce and a load of sunflower seeds.
I hope she and Norah both stay long enough to feel the lush new grass under their feet.
