Sarah's Chickens

It is true, we love those silly little chickens so much, they make their way to our faces!

Here is Sarah with Nugget painted on her face:

Aimee with Popcorn on her face!

We had a raccoon show up in our backyard early in the morning and our Americauna named Mini gave that raccoon quite a fight! She lost nearly all her tail feathers, but is standing tall still. Needless to say, we are working on a predator proof coop.

We love our chickens so much that Sarah and Aimee have designed and sewn chicken pillows! Check out how cute they are!

Chicken pillows hanging out in the flowers.

Today was a big day! We heard some very loud clucking coming from Popcorn today. She spent a lot of the day standing up high on a chair clucking like crazy as if to get everyone’s attention. We didn’t realize until later that she was trying to show all of us where her egg was. We thought they wouldn’t start laying until they were six months, so we were very excited to see the egg.

We are trying to figure out how to make some nesting boxes, so for now, the empty Larry the Cable Guy’s empty chip box will have to do!

Sarah and Aimee decided that their chickens needed a special blanket for snuggling. They worked very hard choosing fabric and making a design that was soft on their legs and also covered up the chickens. It was designed for watching TV or hanging out with the girls, while also protecting their clothes. Silly, silly, chicken loving girls!

Five of our chickens went to live at their new farm home.  We were very sad to see them go, but twelve chickens were a little  loud (and messy) for our backyard. The girls gave them all big hugs goodbye.

Here is proof of how fabulous the “chicken basket” is!

Sarah being the clever, chicken loving girl she is, decided that she needed to do some inventing.  She seems to think that there is really a big need to take your sweet little chicken on a walk or a bike ride, but it can be quite difficult to manage. SOOOO, here we have the chicken leash and the chicken bike basket!

Not much exciting news for our “girl chickens”. They are growing up fast, already 12 weeks old. When we go outside and call them, they all run to see us. We have enjoyed watching them play and enjoy being free range in our big backyard. They eat SO much. They will eat pretty much any leftovers we give them, mashed potatoes, pasta, whatever.

Here is Popcorn with Aimee

This is Sarah with Nugget

Our girls are so proud of their baby chickens!

Every morning we go outside to tell our chickens, “good morning chickens!” Amazingly, they run to greet us as if to say “good morning mommy”! Check out our very amateur video…..