evidence of digging

While I wasn't home last weekend, my brother brought his dog over and introduced her to the chickens with my sister. Penny wrenched her leash away from my sister and got a hold of poor Rhea and pulled some tail feathers out. Rhea seems fine otherwise, but you can tell how sparse her tail is compared to Hera's.

Last night, DH and I came home to a skunky smell, and I was immediately afraid for the chickens. Lucy was left outside while we were at dinner, and she smelled nasty too. I went to investigate and discovered three indentations in the ground that looked like something had been digging at the edges of the coop. Two were right next to each other near the chicken feed and water, and one was on the back side of the coop. The girls were all fine, though. What a relief! I thought Lucy might have been the one digging at the coop, but I have never seen her do that and she's been inside before, so she knows what's in there. I wish we had been home when this happened, but they were fine without us, so that's good.

I want to take another picture of Persephone on my hand to show her growth from last time, but I let them out of the run already and can't seem to catch them. Hopefully, I'll be able to get a picture of her later today or maybe tomorrow. I noticed that she is the smallest one of the five, even though she seems giant from the pictures. Maybe I'll take a picture of Persephone and someone else in my hand to show the difference there too.

Today I want to work in the yard a little bit, but I also want to relax. Since I accidentally got up early, I'll probably go out there soon and then come back inside before it gets hot. I also have to clean up the coop, especially since I didn't do it last week.