A taste of freedom

We introduced the little ladies to the vast wilderness of our "front" yard. As soon as they discovered the treats in the soil they picked at the dirt for hours. I tried to work in the garden but was too entertained by their curiosity of the soil. John came home and did the honors of introducing Natasha. He Got her on a leash and she was inched in to them. Sniff. sniff. grunt. grunt. Next thing we know there are birds going ape shit and Natasha has one in her mouth. John got it out before we had a limp chick. Natasha got a taste of dirt and John's wrath. All is well.

Speaking of Natasha, John was telling me about the first time that she saw cows at the Stiles Ranch. I guess she took off and chased them with all her might. The next thing they knew there were cattle tangled up in barb wire and Natasha looking innocent. Oh Natasha!

Spring Chickens

Please meet and welcome the newest members of our family! I have wanted chickens since we moved into our new house and I finally made it happen. We now have six little baby chicks all huddled up under a heat lamp at our house. They are as cute as ever! They have grown significantly in just a week. I have a hard time imagining what it might be like to have children, if I feel this sentimental about chickens, I don't know if I could handle this experience with kids!

I am pretty excited to create a happy little domain for these little ladies ( I am only keeping the females!). I want them to run around in the yard, and we will need to create a little fenced off area so all the predators that want to eat them as a snack are kept at bay.

I am getting pretty excited to be able to feed these guys all our kitchen scraps, get wonderful eggs, be just a tad bit more self-sufficient, and have them run around the yard.

Chickens in the city

That is right folks... we are adding new members to our family. I am going to raise chickens! I haven't really wrapped my head around getting Natasha to live in peace with chickens, it will be a miracle when we do but I believe that there is hope.

I am going to get four little chicks on Wednesday with a little coop, delivered and care 101 by a sweet man from Ferndale. Once they are big enough hopefully we can create a little run for them in our backyard and eventually decrease the amount of lawn we have to mow! Not to mention not eating scary eggs from the grocery store at $4 a dozen, they will eat scraps, and provide poop for my compost pile. Oh the wonders...

Chickens in the city! YEAH!