Chickens

Yes, we have gone one more step towards the "granola" side of things. There are a lot of perks to having an environmentalist husband: healthy and nutritious meal planning, an eco-conscious car that saves a TON of money on gas, a desire to have a self-sustained homestead as soon as possible, and now...chickens. We've been playing with the idea of having chickens in our backyard for a while now and just went for it this spring as soon as we saw that Tractor Supply was having their "Chick Days." We picked out six baby chicks, as cute as can be, and brought them home for a new family adventure. Last week, during Matt's spring break, we built them a very nice coop to call home. Here are some photos of the process and of us all enjoying our newest family pets:I love this photo. Heidi decided to blow bubble for the chicks. This was after she tried to feed them dandelions.The final coop minus paint. We're still deciding how we want to paint it.

It has been so much fun for the kids and Tobin is doing great with helping us take care of the chicks. We have had all of our playgroup friends over to share this experience with us and I know we will all have sweet memories of this adventure!