We got chickens!!

We have been wanting to have chickens for awhile now, however, we needed to have a home for them first. After Kailey started school, Paul has been slowly putting together a chicken coup in preparation for next spring. (In between everything else he was trying to accomplish before the cold weather.) As the process was happening, a friend of mine offered to give us some of her chickens once we were ready for them. Talk about motivation! Even though the coup is not completed, it is good enough for housing some chickens. Therefore, a few weeks back we called up my friend and she gladly gave us twelve chickens! Thanks Kathleen!

Well, the chickens were slow learners of how to get into the coup, cause our coup is completely different than Kathleen's. Therefore, you guessed it, we were chasing after chickens to catch them and put them into the coup for the night! Although, I laugh about it now, it is hard work.

Then we lost one on the second night of having them. We looked for her all over the place. She was gone for about six nights. We do not know where she went, but she came back!! The whole family was happy!

Now the chickens have learned how to get in the coup (for the most part) so our nights of putting them to bed are getting easier. They have been a success and have been giving us from five to ten eggs a day! Yeah!

The kids are so excited for their new chore of feeding the chickens and getting the eggs. They are looking forward to the spring time, when we plan on getting some baby chicks!