Teaching the girls new tricks
Along with the three girls we seem to have been feeding a whole flock of sparrows each day. Not what we really want to be doing with the chook food! The chooks try to chase the sparrows away, but they just keep coming. So we’ve invested in a feeder for them that hopefully will eventually sort out the problems for all of us. Simple really. All they have to do is stand on the step and the lid opens. If they can just get used to it!
We’re getting there slowly. First stage was to prop the lid wide open so they got used to the food being in there. Which they thought was great, as now they had something else to stand on top of to get a good view. I had visions of one of them jumping up on the lid when another was feeding. I guess we’d be having chicken for dinner that night!
But they seem to have stopped that since I recently propped the lid up a bit and they open it the rest of the way to feed. Most of the time. One especially is a bit lazy and just goes in from the side. She’ll learn, unless she wants to starve!
And the sparrows? Well they’re still visiting, and the brave ones sneak in under the lid for a feed. Get in while you can, little ones!
Of course once we’ve finally got the chooks trained we’ll probably add a bird table somewhere and feed the damn things anyway!