I Sit On Things

I think one of my greatest joys occurs first thing in the morning. I love to head out to the coop to open the door. Watching those girls come flying and jumping and squawking out the coop door is the best and most hilarious thing ever!

Usually, Magdalene makes the jump first. If not Magda, she and the two blackies are always fighting to make it to the door first. Buttercup, well, she's not as quite as excited about that jump. In fact, I fear she might be a little bit afraid of it. Or she's just kind of on the slow side. Either way, she's always the last to make the leap. And with her, it's more of a 'fall' out of the coop. Like a little step down. A small, little 3 foot step down.

So bright and early in the morning, the girls leap out of the coop and fly to freedom! They run around flapping their wings and jumping in the air like it's the first and last time they will ever be able to do that.Then they spend their day wandering the yard and enjoying the bugs and other things they nibble on. Then comes my second favorite time of the day: Evening.



It's possible that Magdalene would like to kick Buttercup off



Just as the sun starts to go down, the girls head back to the house. (Notice, I said "house," not "coop"...) For some reason, they hang out close to the door (of our house -- I think they still think that is their coop. Possibly, they lived inside too long?) Or they just like to say hello before heading to the coop for the night. But the best part of this is how they spend their time on the patio. They are always sitting on things. Things like tables, chairs, strollers, toy lawnmowers, and whatever else happens to be parked in their path.

Miss Buttercup has found a comfy spot



So that's how poop gets on the table!

Sitting on their boy

There are many more places they sit (and poop) that we just haven't captured on film - but we will. In addition to sitting on 'things', they also like to sit on 'us.' 


They've hung on on the hammock and most recently, went for a bike ride. Riding along on the laps of the boys in the bike trailer, they even seemed to enjoy themselves! Yep, we have silly chickens that among all the other odd things they do, sit on things.


If we're not careful, they'll be going to church, the grocery store and camping with us...