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Chickens and Bread
12 years ago
“Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones So we inherited some chickens from my brother this last weekend. I've never owned chickens before and really know nothing about them, but I went to the library, picked up a few chicken books and have been cramming the basics. They really seem pretty easy to take care. I did not, however, realize how much I would be worrying about some poultry on a day to day basis.
It started with the first night we got them. My mom heard them making a huge racket at 11:00 at night and come to find out a cat was already eyeing them. Then today, me and hubby took the kids to Lowes so we could pick up some things to make a door on the chicken coop to keep them locked inside at night, away from predators, and when we came home our three chickens turned to two chickens.
I was upset, not because I had become emotionally attached to this chicken, but because I feel like I let it down. It was my responsibility to keep this chicken safe from predators and now it's just up and missing. The worst part was there was absolutely no evidence left behind of what could have gotten it. Maybe it was the cat but I would have expected to see some blood and feathers. Even an eagle I would have thought would have left a little evidence behind. So now we're stressing trying to brain storm how we're going to completely close in this old 10x20 dog run that we have to keep the chickens in when my hubby looks under this platform and the missing chicken is under there laying an egg... Yay chicken! Yay egg!
Anyway, I was relieved that it was still alive and just fine. So now we're back to the drawing board for building a better coop and enclosure. It's fun though... the chickens are fun to take care of and the kids love them. They're laying chickens so it's also been really rewarding to go out and pick up the eggs and then eating them. They are delicious btw. Don't think I'll ever want to eat store eggs again.
Now, if I could just successfully make a loaf a bread in this stupid bread maker... it's my first time using it and something went wrong. Some of the dough fell on the side and now my kitchen if filled with smoke. I'm just trying to be a suzie home maker but apparently I'm not too good at it.
Anyway... sorry, just felt like blogging a bit about my boring life. I've been finding some time here and there for art. Still need some extra cash, lol. That's why I'm trying to offer some cheap commissions if anybody is interested. Getting noticed on the internet is so hard these days.
It started with the first night we got them. My mom heard them making a huge racket at 11:00 at night and come to find out a cat was already eyeing them. Then today, me and hubby took the kids to Lowes so we could pick up some things to make a door on the chicken coop to keep them locked inside at night, away from predators, and when we came home our three chickens turned to two chickens.
I was upset, not because I had become emotionally attached to this chicken, but because I feel like I let it down. It was my responsibility to keep this chicken safe from predators and now it's just up and missing. The worst part was there was absolutely no evidence left behind of what could have gotten it. Maybe it was the cat but I would have expected to see some blood and feathers. Even an eagle I would have thought would have left a little evidence behind. So now we're stressing trying to brain storm how we're going to completely close in this old 10x20 dog run that we have to keep the chickens in when my hubby looks under this platform and the missing chicken is under there laying an egg... Yay chicken! Yay egg!
Anyway, I was relieved that it was still alive and just fine. So now we're back to the drawing board for building a better coop and enclosure. It's fun though... the chickens are fun to take care of and the kids love them. They're laying chickens so it's also been really rewarding to go out and pick up the eggs and then eating them. They are delicious btw. Don't think I'll ever want to eat store eggs again.
Now, if I could just successfully make a loaf a bread in this stupid bread maker... it's my first time using it and something went wrong. Some of the dough fell on the side and now my kitchen if filled with smoke. I'm just trying to be a suzie home maker but apparently I'm not too good at it.
Anyway... sorry, just felt like blogging a bit about my boring life. I've been finding some time here and there for art. Still need some extra cash, lol. That's why I'm trying to offer some cheap commissions if anybody is interested. Getting noticed on the internet is so hard these days.
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