?? Blizzard ?? Chickens ??

Here we are once again at this WONDERFUL time of year.   The Christmas shopping is done and we are gearing up for a great winter. We were a little disappointed in the huge blizzard storm that was supposed to come last night, but also a little glad it wasn't worse than it was!!
Also the kids and I have started raising chickens... What the??  It all started on the fourth of July when Gage caught a chicken at the chicken scramble.  He caught a chicken, brought it home, named it KEVIN (the birds name on UP if you haven't seen it you need to) and let it go in the yard! If you dont know much about chickens it is hard to tell what gender they are until about 4-6 months...  Well one day around Halloween Gage was putting away some toys under my lilac bushes and found...

KEVINS LOOT

There were 20 eggs!  (Kevin's a GIRL)   Grandpa Heslop bought them from Gage for $5 and this is where it started.   I started reading about chickens and how they usually only lay eggs when they are happy and not alone.  I figured with winter coming things might change with Kevin's egg laying if he didn't have "friends" .  So to make a long story short, We now have a total of 7 young chickens and the kids have started selling the eggs to their Grandmas and Grandpas and saving the money!

I am thankful for my kids and the fun experiences we get into, and also Thankful for Kory for allowing us to get into them!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!