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Thursday, August 22, 2013

Axle Introduces Me to His Chicken Family


After I walked this very handsome, mellow, and kind boy named Axle I gave him a few treats and then he smiled and said I couldn't leave until he introduced me to the rest of his family


          so he stood in front of this door and  


I peered inside to meet these curious ladies.



 And then these ladies came out to investigate their visitor! Since I don't know chicken breeds at all I asked the owner to help me identify them: the black and white one is "Barred" or "Fatty" because she's a Barred Rock and she never stops eating
The all black one is "Jersey", she is a Jersey Giant.
The tan one is "Buff", she is a Buff Orpington. 


To top off the fun of meeting the chickens I decided to gather their eggs and found it to be as easy and as exciting as could be. I've always wanted to try my hand at being a farmer and this experience was as close as I've ever come to it!



 Afterwards I reached under this cozy coop (built by Axle's contractor dad who operates Stripto Builders in Dover)to pick up


this beautiful chicken! As you can see, I was thrilled to hold a chicken for the very first time! 

As the caption of my blog states, "Life is a treat for a teacher and her pets", and it certainly is!

7 comments:

  1. OH cool my mom has never picked up a chicken before...we have only eaten the eggs.....
    stella rose

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    1. Your mom needs to fly to NH so I can share the experience of picking up a chicken with her. You snatched the eggs from the chickens? Tsk...tsk...LOL

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  2. We never had no pet chickens. That sure is cool
    Benny & Lily

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    1. You could talk to them about your adventures while they clucked back. Wouldn't that be interesting? LOL

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  3. We would like to chase those chickens. Do you think that would be possible if we came over?

    Have a great day.

    hugs, Bugsy and Knuckles

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    1. Well, if you dare to climb over their fence! LOL

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