These are two (saved from a rooster) hens
Fuffy thinks it’s cold outside 🙂
I’ve had them for over a year now and just last week they decided it was safe to go outside.
The tall one with the long flowing comb was in the worst shape. He rode her to completely featherless with a bloody comb, and deep scratches on her back.
I have just the two of them. Their feathers are back now and they feel safe enough to go outside. For months I would leave the door open so they could go wander around; they preferred the hen house and the chicken run.
I think they were terrified there was a rooster outside waiting for them.
Then suddenly, Skitter (the tall one) went outside.
She still gets frightened easily so I only open the door for three hours in the late afternoon.
Still, we are making progress.
They feel safe, I get two eggs a day (most days) and they have the run of the hen house, the chicken run, and now wee, small adventures outdoors.
No farm is complete without a hen or two. 🙂
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
I only have nine hens and one rooster but most of the hens have taken to spending their days in the nests and we think its to get away from this young rooster. He may not be long for this world!!!
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Sometimes the Rooster is just TOO MUCH!!!
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🐔 Gotta have those fresh farm eggs !
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Yes!~ 🙂
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Chicken resue farm! Very cool
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Battered hens 😦
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Two eggs a day seems just about perfect to me! So fun!
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Just right to eat, save for baking, or to share 🙂
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Lulu: “Aww, it’s nice to see the ladies are doing a little exploring!”
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Yes, I’m glad they are feeling safe now.
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Nice that you get some eggs! They must feel good if they are laying eggs!
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They do. And the sun is coming back so they really feel good. 🙂
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Oh, poor chickens. Mean old rooster!
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They were battered hens 😦
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What was the fate of mean rooster?
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He still lives with a harem of girls. Only these two don’t have to live with him
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No farm is complete without chickens! I so agree … love my girls. I don’t have a rooster anymore, easier without them, although I do miss their morning crow 🙂
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And their whistle, but the rest I can gladly miss.
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