A friend of ours is going to be giving us 2 chickens. I thought it would be fun to blog about our experiences raising them. We don't have any kids or pets, so this will be somewhat of an adventure. Hopefully the chickens will survive!
The chickens are arriving as soon as we can finish building them a coop to live in and a run to play in. We have had a lot of problems getting these things ready for them. We are not builders, contractors, carpenters, or whatever you call it. We have made more trips to Home Depot in building this chicken coop than we have in working on our own house! The coop is almost finished. We just need to move it out into the yard where it will reside permanantly. Then we need to build a run, which shouldn't be too hard but that is what we said about building the chicken coop! We're hoping to be ready for the chickens this weekend.
The chickens we are getting are Barred Plymouth Rocks. They are really cute. Their feathers have thin black & white stripes. We are only going to use them for laying eggs. I can't imagine ever eating the chickens. To me, that would be like eating your cat or dog. Ewww!
I'll post pictures of the progress of our coop building and of course the chickens when we get them. Keep checking back for more. Thanks for looking!
