Actually - this was the first venture into Urban Farming - CHICKENS

We started in 2009 with chickens.  Lowell went to high school and joined FFA.  Of course, we had to raise farm animals, right?  Actually, we didn't.  Since Naaman Forest HS isn't a rural high school, FFA didn't require animals.

That didn't stop us - we got chickens.  Our first two were named PeeWee and Kitness.  An Americana and a Barred Rock - how could we go wrong?  Let me count the ways.  In 4 years, we've had I think 10 chickens.  We've lost them to coyotes, hawks, racoons, the mysterious FLAT chicken and being egg bound.

We currently have 5, Hattie (my favorite), FA a/k/a Fluffy, Betsy, Pocahontas and Sacajawea. Had I been thinking when we got Hattie, I would have named her "Phyllis Diller".  She is the funniest.  At night, we have to carry her to the coop because she is too pretty to mess up her "do" to fly/walk down there. Scratch that, Shiner the puppy killed Hattie today.

Sad.... tears..... need a hug.