Remember these “gals” ?

They are the Easter Eggers that my daughter and son-in-law have brought South with them for the past 4 years when they come to visit each December…but no more.

Just like me they are now in retirement. They still lay an egg once in awhile but you can’t rely on it and that suits their new owner just fine. She loves chickens but not eggs !!

The “gals” have lucked into a very exclusive retirement community with about 8 other chickens. They are confined in a large fenced in area which is open to the sky but they do have a shed where they have nesting boxes and perches to sleep on.

That “open to the sky” really worried me because I know that hawks prey on small animals and birds but my daughter told me that their new owner had a solution for that. She’s outfitted her ladies with colorful vests with large eyeballs on them:

We think these vests were originally used to protect the chickens from the roosters but it seems to work just as well as a deterrent to hawks. One thing is certain … the chickens sure like to strut around in them !