My Very Own Chicken Herder

Chicken update: the chickens are well. Charles just loves spending time with them. He is the official chicken herder in our family. He supervises their outings in the yard and always makes sure they are watered and fed. He is the first to check on them when we've been away for the day and he loves to just play with them. He is quite responsible in caring for the chickens. It makes my life easy! The coop is finally complete. The latches have been fixed, a feeder bin and perch have been installed and a mesh floor has been stapled into place. It is a castled for our feathered friends.


Doors open wide to air out the coop (jk). The chickens are playing with Charles in the yard. The electrical cords hanging provide light and heat for the chickens. When they are cold, they huddle together under the light to keep warm.









This is Izzy (named after St Isadore, the farmer.) This is the beloved baby chick that we incubated and hatched.







Izzy is somewhat of an odd chicken. Can't really explain it, but he/she is definitely not like the others. I don't know if it's because Izzy was alone in a box for too long or what. When you hold Izzy the right way in your hands and arms, it'll fall asleep on you. Izzy also likes to be pet lightly on the chest. Izzy goes around pecking lightly at the other chickens and likes to be alone.





These are the 3 adopted chickens. Phoenix is the black one on the right. Henny, the golden breasted one in the front and Dimmy, the darker golden one in the back. Don't know if we will be keeping the names yet.


Yes, we weren't going to name them, but the 3 came with names. We thought about naming them Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Savanna's friend, Megan, wanted to name one Sizzle. I told her that was the sound it would make when it hit the pan. She didn't like that too much. We are still waiting to see if they are roosters. We think that Phoenix may be a rooster (he's Charles' favorite.) We will not be keeping the roosters. I don't think the neighbors want to be waken at the crack of dawn.


Charles got a lot of practice herding chickens in our friend Cindy's backyard. It's a tough job, but someone has got to do it! Unbelievably, he keeps them in a small area in the yard. He stands out there with a stick and chases them around. It's quite comical to watch.