Bad Chickens!

Preface: the chickens' hopping and fluttering skills have been developing rapidly in the past week.

So I'm back in my room, painting, when I hear sudden increase in the volume and intensity of the chirping coming from the next room. I ignore it for a couple of minutes, because they often get excited and raise the chirping, only to shortly quiet back down again. But they weren't quieting down this time! Finally, I get down off my stool, put down the brush, go to see what they are doing, and lo and behold...Scout is on the floor next to the box, and Scratch is standing up on the edge of the box! Crazy chickens!!! What are you doing?!

I had been worrying about the moment when they became able to get out of the box. Now I'm going to have to take measures to prevent that. Not that I mind so much the idea of chickens loose in the house; rather, I'm worried that if they get out, they won't be able to get back in to eat and drink. And yes, I guess I don't want chicken turds all over the place.

Anyway, I put them back in the box and talked to them for a few minutes...calmed them down. Hopefully they'll stay put. If not, at least I have more information on how to handle them now. The three chicken books I ordered from Amazon arrived today.

And now, back to painting.