Chickie Girls' New Experiences

Pictured in their run...(l to r) Henny, Hecky, Arriauna and Queen B. Today taste buds were tempted and teased. For starters the girls had dry oatmeal flakes. This food is fun because each flake appears to float out of the sky so there is much good-natured jostling and pecking. Hecky, Henny and Queen B are right in there getting their shares. Arriauna had fun doing it but often missed a flake. She would aim at it but her curved beak would miss. She hasn’t learned to take that into consid- eration. She is better at eating mash from the feeder; no misses, every aim is true, every bite a hit. Later they had a spade full of ants and ant eggs from a hill I inadvertently disturbed when moving the lawn furniture. It was an excellent opportunity to expand their palates. Mid-afternoon Hecky grabbed a slug I offered on a stick full of bugs. Henny and Queen B got two small bugs at that time. Arriauna is too slow to get any when the number of treats is limited. The piece de resistance turned out to be cold cooked organic steel cut oats. The girls made unkind comments as they bumped one another aside to reach another beak full of cooked cereal. Wonder if they will like Haagen Daaz? Of course they will....my girls!