Backyard Chickens

Earlier in the week I had called about a chicken coop.  I got a call back on Saturday (during the middle of painting the boys room) from the owner saying that the person never came to get it so we could.  We left right away and had planned to be there by 1:30 but got lost.  At 1:40 I called asking for directions and she was confused, said that a guy stopped by saying he was there to buy the chicken coop for Julie and assumed it was me.  The coop and chickens were gone!  I was a bit sad, but decided to quickly scan KSL ads again.  I found another coop, just barely posted, nearby for a great place so we swung by to check it out.  We loved it and decided buy it.  It came with the chicken coop, water holder, feeder, heat lamp, nesting boxes, half a bag of feed and 2 laying chickens!!!! (chickens are about a year and a half old).  The coop is 10.2 feet long, tallest point is 5 feet high and width is 4.3 feet.  We would like to add some more chickens and also move the coop once we get the grass in where we would like, but for now we are enjoying "finding the eggs" and "checking on the chickens."

Our Chicken Coop and Two Rhode Island Red Hens

We got our first egg Saturday evening and the kids all had to take turns with pictures.

#5 Boy holding the egg

Boys found feathers which is SO exciting

#1 Girl excited for the egg

#4 Boy loving the egg

#2 Boy and the egg