Chicken Run

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This is my first time EVER having chickens, well, except for dinner.

We got them through 4H (which is also another first for us) and each child got 25 chicks. Oh, and they put in a rooster with each group of 25, which I didn't know they were going to do.
So, with 3 children participating, that's 78 total.
Needless to say, it's been very interesting.

I think I will continue to blog about my chicken adventures and include these in one section called, "The Chicken Chronicles".

I shot this video for my hubby, who is still not here with us, and so I thought I'd put it up here as well. :)

We just recently lost 1 hen, which was very sad. It was trampled by the other chickens while trying to get to the feed. I didn't realize that this could happen, it was very strange. One of my daughters cried. I thought, oh no, we can never, ever, butcher these hens in the future...it will be too traumatic.

We have all come from the city and used to getting our chicken nice and plastic wrapped at the grocery store. Even though you know where it comes from, it's still a little disturbing when you're faced with the reality. Thankfully, it will be awhile before we'll have to deal with that. Hopefully, we will all be used to the idea by that time.

Boy, growing up and living in the city sure put me in a kind of "everyday unreality". This change of life has been for me enjoyable and yet I'm still trying to adjust. It's good though, I would never go back.

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