More Chickens...

Ok, I am honestly a little sick of hearing about chickens, talking about chickens, looking at chickens, preparing for chickens and you probably all are too. I think Alex is more excited about this than he was about finding out we were pregnant-and that took a lot of time and effort!

If you know and love Alex like I do, then you know that he has a tendency to go a little overboard with everything he does. The chickens are no exception. When we started this journey last Friday, he called me and said that he found a free chicken coop and 2 free chickens and could he please have them. I gave in and said if it is all free that he has permission, but he will be responsible for the care of them, especially anything poop related. I have enough poop to clean up around this house.

Fast forward to this week. The free chickens had already been taken and of course the free coop is just not up to Alex standards. Is he going to use the materials he has and just improve the coop? No! He has to buy all new materials and start from scratch. Did he find any other free chickens? No! He bought fancy pants chickens on-line and the number has been upped from 2 to 4. I just have to shrug my shoulders and smile.

Here's a picture of our chicken coop with our little monkey in it. That's our neighbor Gabe playing with him. Please enjoy this simple man's coop while it lasts.

I would also like to add that Alex owes me an apology for making fun of the chicken fabric I re-upholstered our chair in. I obviously knew we were chicken people long before he realized it.

Chicken Update

I have some great chicken news to announce. I have the coop, and our chickens will be here in a few weeks. We are receiving 1 day old chicks, which could be considered a little crazy by some of you. That's ok if you think this. You are the same people that will be jealous of my easter egg laying chicken in a few months.

Here are few pictures of our 4 hens. We've been told that the adult color of chickens can't be nailed down from the chicks, so these might not exactly match our chickens. But I expect these to be pretty close.

d'Uccle Bantams


Buff Silkie


Easter Egger


Barred Plymouth Rock (rooster is in front of the hens)

I know you're thinking that these chickens are awesome. I KNOW. That's why we're getting them. I'll talk about the coop after I decide on my course of action.

We are currently considering names for each chicken. We have a few ideas, but you know we don't like to name things until they have arrived. If you have ideas, we'll listen unless you're Drew. Drew, your ideas are terrible.