For just over four months, I've been tending chickens. Because the coop I planned to build would house three medium-sized layers, I started with five chicks in case any turned out to be boys. The three ladies that stayed were going to have names like Elvira, Dottie, and something else old-timey, but they ended up being collectively called Larry, Moe, and Curly.* The other two chickies, Mutt and Jeff, found a home at the in-laws.
*If I do eat them after they stop being productive layers (like I keep saying that I will because "In a way, it's this beautiful cycle to nourish something and then be nourished by it, yadda, yadda."), I'm thinking that it will not be quite so difficult if the chickens don't have cute little names.
Labels: Chickens, DIY, Farmette
