Friday, January 27, 2012

I ain't chicken.

We are not animal people. I am not a bird person, remember this post? But David thought that we should try out chickens.


So like most people do we drove down to the local cal-ranch and purchased ourselves 10 baby chicks. 4 were for eating and 6 for eggs. Long story short....we raised the roasting birds and butchered them in our garage (it was humane, but I don't think we will be doing this next year). While at Jill's wedding 3 of our egg hens died, it was very sad. Poor Sheila. I forgot to tell you, we name our chickens. Our three surviving chickens Sally, Jessie, and Raphael(white) continued growing and thriving. Until that morning mom woke to a very loud rooster crow. Poor Raphael was dinner that night, it was an interesting dinner to say the least.

So now we are down to just Sally and Jessie. I have to say they are the best pets a small family could ask for. They pretty much take care of themselves. They roam the backyard and go into their coup at sundown. The kids love them, in fact they go out and pet them every morning. They give us two eggs a day and only chase you because they love you.

5 comments:

CK Black Family said...

Haha! Love it! Put a smile on my face. Plus that chicken coop is awesome!

Kaye and Matthew Hough said...

RAD!

Story Family said...

I'm chicken. But proud of you guys! How come no one will share the gory details of poultry slaying? Inquiring minds want to know....do they really walk around for a while without their heads?

Plus I'm a little ticked. Sally Jessie Raphael was my choice for the next Story Baby Girl!!

Marcia said...

It was such a courageous thing you did to face your phobia of birds and actually share the backyard with Sally and Jessie. New respect!

steve said...

Where did you get your coop? It's a great design and perfect size. Did you buy or build it?