a pleasant welcome on the way

I had chickens myself once and when I ironed my laundry on my terrace in good weather, my 6 brown chickens would come and keep me company on my terrace, they sat next to each other and looked at me all the time how I did my ironing, a nice mess, they were so curious, when they saw movement, they came out of their henhouse all in a row towards the water pump, I had to say Hello to them each in turn and gave them fresh water and food, this was every day, the daily things of life, they gave me tasty eggs and a lot of friendship and they came to keep me company, still a nice memory