Michelle out and about with chickens!

Michelle Mackonochie helps clean chicken cages and feed the birds at the Delaware State Fair.

the delmarva building where they keep all kinds of birds and bunnies! if you didn’t already know – i love birds so i thought it would be fun to clean a few cages and feed some! keep all kinds of birds and bunnies! if you didn’t already know – i love birds so i thought it would be fun to clean a few cages and feed some! take a look. first up – meeting our boss for the afternoon laura laora baker. 14:37:14″what are we going to be doing today – today since it’s my noon shift we feed in the morning and at 4 in the afternoon so at noon all we do is water and feed the birds.”14:37:25 buttsot 14:37:42″ok well i love birds i’m a huge fan so i’m definitely excited to get in there and sweep and clean and feed and water -year they’re a lot of fun – ok so we should get started lets go”14:37:54 first up- filling up water containers. 14:39:35″normally i just walk down the rows and i look and since i have both rabbits and chickens i normally go up and down.”14:39:41 buttsot 14:44:46″these animals are so cute i’m forgetting to check thr waters i’m just looking at the animals.”14:44:50 could you blame me? most bunnies had water but there were a few that needed some. 14:46:09″i think this guy needs water right – yep – oh ok so you take this off.”14:46:21 buttsot 14:46:31″oh whoopsie – it’s ok it happens.”14:46:34 buttsot 14:443″so you go in first – yep sometimes i put the tip in and then i tip it forward.”14:46:51 buttsot 14:46:56″there you go that’s it – got it alright.”14:46:58 next it was time to move on to the birds. and i found one rooster that was not so fond of me 14:50:31″hes one of the more territorial hens excuse me sir that’s not very – a key way to tell is sometimes if you move your hand they’ll follow it.”14:50:39 buttsot 14:50:45″that is not nice – oh my gosh ok alright were moving on.”14:50:50 next we had to feed the birds. to feed them properly – do they don’t escape – you toss a small cup right on the floor. 14:58:57″you want some food? so you just throw it in – yep you just toss it in – 1 ready move out of the way.4:59:06 and after feeding a couple more — it was on to our final job – sweeping the floors. 15:09:23″our job is done how did i do you did very well today i did ok i tried to be as brave as i could – i love birds but some of those chickens are scary.”15:09:32 buttsot 15:09:47″but you did good – thank you so if i came back would you want me to help you out here – yes.”15:09:52 not all birds are scary! name here is the sweetest hen! i had a lot of fun hanging with these animals – but for now let’s toss things back over to emily? in studio. back to you in the studio.

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