This personal essay explores the joys and sorrows of raising chickens in a Melbourne backyard. The author recounts the everyday routines, the personalities of her feathered flock, and the inevitable tragedies of predation. Through the experience, she reflects on the value of a short, fulfilling life versus a long, confined one.
I tell myself a short life ranging around my back yard is better than a long one in a cramped cage. And we prepare the pen for the next chickens
Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning A baby mouse runs through the pen, attracted by the scraps of food. The chickens descend with a vengeance, pecking at its little body as if playing a wild game of pinball. Over the summer, the flock is penned into a gravel-lined run to protect a harvest of cherry tomatoes from sharp beaks and T-Rex collagen infused claws. Throughout the day, their clucking and scratching and raucous announcements of eggs being laid form a backing track to our domestic lives.
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