The greenhouse smells summery and green from the new hay bales we just brought in, and the chickens love them some novelty. They're getting a little bored of their winter confinement to the polytunnel

This is the sum total of the house chicken's house habitat: A banana box for sleeping, and a Tupperware box to stand on. She eats from the windowsill (where she spotted the weasel), and snacks on the aloe

We have a little Ameracuana lady in the house. Her name isn't very creative. Ameracaunas have poofy feather cheeks, and Santa beards. Their little cheeks are adorable. Did you say beard? She's in the house

Cheeks is the current resident house chicken. She has yet to be introduced, and her story is long, but the short version is that she had a life-threatening injury in the fall and has been in the house

These two. The most unlikely pair of friends. Sidewinder is a VERY low chicken. She's of one of the batches of rescue layers that arrived years ago with clipped beaks and issues. She's also getting up

This is Apples and Sprout, both distinguished former house chickens. Apples was brought into the house to gain weight, when as just a youngster, she was getting out-competed for food and I noticed her