A pressing report about chickens!

The guys are pressing out two batches of Chambourcin today and one batch of Nortons.  Here is the first batch of Chambourcin as it’s filling the press.  You can see the line of red on the press basket indicating how full the press is inside…and of course the wine dripping out the bottom.  They filled the first press load before noon and will be working on the second batch here before to long.

But onto what I wanted to show – our chickens.  They are getting a little more comfy with us, and venturing out further from their normal territory beside the winery.  Here they both are:

And here is Barb as she scratches in the leaves:

Which I’m assuming is to expose bugs and good things to eat, because she immediately starts pecking at the ground after scratching it up:

And after a good meal, it’s nice to take a walk in the woods.  Here’s Barb (or Bea, I can’t tell the difference!) peeking out from behind a tree:

Well, these two are fun to watch for a moment and their clucking is such a sweet sound.  So I hope they fare better than their other 3 siblings.  As Clyde says, they’re good fun for a city girl like me!