We love chickens. It's weird I know, but talk to anyone who has had them and you might hear them say the same thing. Yesterday we made a trip out for some and discovered that a major hatchery in California recently went out of businesses. I would never have guessed that our slow economy could kill a hatchery. The low supply of birds sent us on more of a marathon than a run. Two hours and four feed stores later we found the perfect chicks. Emma, Noah and Daegan all chose a bird and named them according to looks or personality. Shine is our golden hen with fuzzy feet like she is wearing boots. She sang the whole way home in the car. Midnight is Noah's sleepy black hen with a calm disposition. Daegan named his bird Happy, so it will be happy. The poor thing has already been over handled and I hope the name rubs off. We plan to pick up one or two more next week when my favorite breed is back in stock.
We are all excited to have chickens except Suri. Our dog may need time to adjust, but she'll get over it. I was just glad to finally convince Todd that we really could do it again. When we moved into this house a few years ago we had to get rid of our chickens because Todd was not interested in building a new hen house and we were not quite sure we had the perfect spot for them. The old chicken condo Todd built was a big project and not the kind of thing he has time for anymore, but as time goes on we've been missing our feathered friends. They add something to our yard and our life that I can't explain. Over the last couple of weeks the kids and I have worked on renovating the garden space above our pool and it occurred to me we could have them up there. It's a space away from the dog, behind a fence in a place they can eat bugs and make compost out of our food scraps to feed the garden. Emma solved the hen house dilemma with the idea we could use the abandoned Little Tykes playhouse that the kids never use. It will take a few renovations and is much easier than building from scratch. It won't be the lavish residence that was home to our old chickens but this batch will have a much nicer view.
Hill top garden location for the chicks.
Potential hen house.
3 comments:
thats a very cool collage up there. how did you make it? picasa?
You simply amaze me! Ryan and his family love their chickens but it is so not practical in Vegas. Their neighbors hate them but they absolutely love them. What a fun little abode for your cute chickens!
So did you end up using the little tykes play house? That is so cool. I'm jealous. They look like to much fun. :)
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