Chickens!

Do you find yourself drawn to country roads where old barns scatter the rolling countryside? Do you catch yourself talking to dogs and cats sitting in windows as you’re walking down the street? Do you moo with the cows in the field, or actually pull over to talk to bison or elk as you’re visiting out west?

I’m definitely guilty. I want a farm. I really think I do. If only I didn’t have to go to work every day. I’ve had chickens before when I lived in the country- and it’s always been rewarding! We name them, we care for them and we enjoy every single egg they lay! It’s so much fun finding the array of colored eggs and learning each of their personalities. We embraced “breakfast for dinner” on a very regular basis!

A few years ago, I took advantage of the housing market and sold my big, beautiful family home that I built for my 5 kids and me after my late husband died. Only one child left at home and I was itching to try a new city. We did it! We sold that beautiful home on 5 acres and moved to Rochester… during Covid!! We moved away from

So here we are, in a Rochester suburb and I feel the need for chickens again. Late January and I just couldn’t wait… so I bought day old chicks! We’ve been raising chicks in my sunroom- until I couldn’t take it and now they are in a brooder box in my garage. They’re almost adult chickens now and the other morning, I heard a strange noise in the garage. Turns out, two hens are not hens- they are ROOSTERS!!! Cock-a-doodle-dooing in my garage!!! I live in an urban subdivision that allows 6 hens only- no roosters!

I’m not kidding!

So luckily, they man is going to take them- so they don’t have to be executed… and I will get two replacement baby chicks!! Never a dull moment, but I love it! The chickens are FUNNY!

My daughter has loved Harry Styles and One Direction for a lonnnnggg time. So, we usually use those names for our chickens. Latest craze- Taylor Swift. So we have Taylor and Travis (duh, the love story just works), Harry, Liam, Niall and Posty (Post Malone) because he makes the world go around!

But Taylor and Niall are roos- so they’re out as of tomorrow! Sad, but they will live well on the farm where they came from. And I’ll get to stay in my house (no roos allowed here) and the show will go on!

Hopefully in June, we’ll start getting eggs! And hopefully we will have the new chicken coop done soon so they can get out of my garage!

Happy homesteading!