Because the hens are now no longer in the vineyard and the coop isn't moving to fresh grass everyday, they spend the morning inside "cooped" up (so I can find their eggs and they don't bother the neighbors) and then around noon, I let them out so they can forage to their hearts' content all over the front yard and through the dirt work behind the house. They have water and corn in the morning, but it is rather humorous to see them in there. They stand there longing for the green grass and freedom on the other side and counting down the minutes until noon. Kind of like an impatient 3rd grader a half an hour before the end of the school day! :-) Now, don't get me wrong...they're not suffering in there...they spend the morning laying eggs, running laps back and forth, taking dustbaths, scratching for corn I've thrown in for them to find and doing other chicken things. But it's pretty hard to be patient when the grass is literally greener on the other side of the fence and it's pretty tasty yet besides!! :-)
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