we used to have cabbage.

We had quite a nice crop of cabbage starting out until.... dun dun dun... THE CHICKENS!!! They happen to like cabbage leaves quite a lot and seem to take bigger bites than I've seen them take of anything else. In seconds they demolished the cabbage population! If you'll notice the remnants of a large bite disappearing into the corner of Emily's mouth. I like cabbage. Steamed with a little butter, salt & pepper... So do the chickens apparently. Though they are not nearly so fussy as to insist on steaming it. It's been quite cold and wet recently-in the 50s and 60s and so we've been trying to keep the chickens warm at night. Eric and I were having one of our typical snacks of egg noodles with cottage cheese, so we made some for the chickens. They liked it quite a lot. There were lots of fights over the noodles. Crazycrazycrazy chickens. BAWK! They've also been getting warm oatmeal in the mornings. And big leaves of kale straight from the garden. This morning, when I took them their oatmeal Salvie (the next door neighbor cat) was pacing around our back yard looking in at the chickens in their coop. I chased him out of the yard. He has a bell on his collar, which can only mean one of two things... his owners think it's cute to hear the bell or... dundundun... BIRD KILLER! Poor chickens. They're just like sitting ducks... Luckily, they have their indestructible coop to protect them... though, it wouldn't protect them from dying of fright. Chickens actually CAN die of fright. They can get scared and their little hearts stop and they die. Poor poor poor chickens...