On Saturday we became farmers. We’ve been talking about raising chickens for some time now and decided to surprise the kids the day before Easter with some. We found a lady on Craigslist who was selling several different varieties, so we packed up the kids and headed over there and let them pick out five.
They named them:
Sunny
Rusty
Jasmine
Peep
Chip
Isaac was hilarious on the way home. We were explaining to him that when the chicks started laying eggs, they wouldn’t be turning into chickens because they weren’t going to be sat on (we kind of side-stepped the mating talk). Very seriously he said, “I’ll sit on them.” I told him that if he sat on them that the egg would break. He then told me that he would “just put on some of dad’s big comfy pants and sit on them.”
Introducing Kate to the chickies.
She’s excited about them.
Geoff’s almost done with the coop, though the chickens will be in our basement under a heat lamp for a couple more weeks. Come on over and meet them!
Ike’s comment is so funny. Great idea except that touching them and the warm eggs grosses me out. And that picture of Kate smiling is so sweet. Dad’s been telling us about the cool coop- can’t wait to see it!
So Sweet. I’m jealous! I tried to talk Larry into chickens and it was a no go.
So happy to have some farmers as cousins!
Can’t wait to meet the new additions!
Leah we have had them for a few years now you are going to love it!
Oh great…now my kids will never love me. Please just hold off on the dog for a while so I can think of something really cool to do for my kids.
A) Such a cute picture of Kate.
B) Great….now Sofia will ask constantly to have chicks like Lucy.
How fun! We also really want to raise chickens one day. My dad has, and I love the coop, the compost, the chickens, and the fresh brown eggs. Oh and that is an adorable picture of Miss Kate.
This is awesome. Can I have some eggs please? I wonder if my building manager would let us have chickens on our roof?…
Say what? Those little chicks are the cutest ever of the land!
Leah, I read your funny story on C. Jane’s blog. And then I clicked over to your blog and spent wayyyyy too much time looking at all of your beautiful pictures. Absolutely beautiful! So nice to meet you today.