The Six Is Now Three

We have been thinking about raising chickens for eggs for like months now and we did get some  chickens last year, but sad to say they all died as one of our dogs all of a sudden had the urge to attack all six of them. To make story short, we got another six chickens last month, then the three died and two out of three remaining chickens almost died last week. My husband took the little chicks outside last week since the weather was beautiful and warm and he let them roam around our yard, when all of a sudden the weather changed and the heavy rain poured. Afraid to go outside because of the lightning, the chicks were left outside in the freezing cold rain and were rescued right when the lightning and the rain stopped. Desperate to rescue two out of three, my husband did all he could to save them and good thing we had the wood stove going at that day to keep them warm. It was amazing what he did because two out of three looked like it was dead while the other one was up and running, but my husband wrapped the little chicks and set it by the wood stove to keep warm. A few minutes later, the chicks were up eating and all fluffy.  What a miracle! We thought that when these chickens lay eggs, that their eggs will be special and we can't wait to have fresh eggs every day.

 This was our chicken house in progress last year.

Dadda working so hard. 

Our chicken house now is ready for the chicks when they are old enough to use it and when the weather starts to warm up.

Here is my little man holding the chick with his dirty little fingers. The boy is a boy and loves to be outside and play with the chickens.