Chickens

A couple years ago, I got chickens. That's Eowyn, Deborah, Athena, Joan, and Asha. (Left to right.) I named them after lady warriors.

At first they lived in my bathroom. Once they got a couple weeks old and it was about warm enough, I put the in a box and carried thm out for their first outing. They loved it!

"We're outside!" they cheered.

They were so small and fuzzy! That's my Giant's Foot in the background.

Floofs!

Here's Deborah... Prolly a week or so older. Chickens have good eye sight, and love all things sparkley. So getting pics is easy. They want to grab the sorcery that is my phone.

They grew up super snuggley, with Eowyn sporting a bonus teenage mohawk. (She's a cream legbar breed. The most punk rock of the chickens.)

Joan came into her own too! Here we see her in the classic chicken pose: Standing around. (She's a Dominique breed. One of the oldest here in the US.)

This hawk-looking lady is a sleepy Deborah. She was (and still is) by far the snuggliest of the chickens. She used to crawl in my lap and zonk out all the time. Chicks are very sleepy. And if they feel warm and safe in their environment, they will just drop asleep, head to the ground, right where they are. That also means they have to learn to roost (sleep on their perches.) When they're babies, they fall off! We put their first bars just a few inches off the ground.

Oh Eowyn. You so edgey. Now get in the minivan. Time for school.

This is the day I learned chickens sunbathe! They were all: "Draw us like one of your French girls."

This is day I learned their favorite food: watermelon. They go bonkers!

They grew up to be beautiful, super badass ladies. Deborah is still the sweetest (left.) Eowyn is the craziest (right)! She taught the other chickens they could fly up and roost ON the coop. She's the one that breaks them into our garden beds to steal veggies. And here you can see her, classic Eowyn, being shadey AF. ....I love her.

Oh Deborah. You love to sunbathe.

Two years later... Munching apple. Another favorite. That's Joan in the front. Eowyn behind her to the right. And Deborah in the far back. Asha is coming in from the left. We lost Athena in year one. But let's not talk about that today. (RIP Athena. Hope you're murdering snails and t-rexing it up in that big hipster's backyard in the sky.)

This is Asha. She has a beard. It's glorious. She's also alpha chicken in charge of the flock.

This is Deborah. She's still.....An indoor kid.

Get that snail Asha!

Yes.... We see you!

Joan, always chill AF.

And here are the awesome eggs they lay. Asha lays the olive green ones. Deborah the terra cotta ones. Eowyn the blue ones. Joan's aren't pictured here, but they're kind of pinkish cream colored.

Chickens are really great animals. Thanks chickens!