Farewell chickens :(

We have to get rid of our chickens!!! 

(just imagine there are lots of crying, sad, teary eyed emojis here)

Apparently they aren't allowed in our association (boo!).

The kids (and us adults) were really bummed when we heard that we would have to get rid of them. 

I never knew I would be so attached to some chickens (well and their eggs). 

One of our kids cried when we told them the news. A lot.

One asked a million questions. Maybe more. 

One had a lot of ideas of how we could keep them. Some were as follows.

"We just need to train them not to bock. Then they won't know we have them."

"We need to move to a farm where there are no rules and you can as many animals as you want."

I suggested that each kid pick their favorite meal and we could use their chicken for it.

They didn't go for that.

We sure are going to miss you little chickies.

and we are really really going to miss your tasty eggs. 

Wannabe farmers

We finally did it. 

We got our chickens!

Meet Oreo 

and Buttercup. 

They are only one week old and so soft and cute. 

They make having to clean up chicken poop not (as) bad. 

Oh and we pick up our other 2 chicks this weekend!

We got one chick for each of our kids.
Buttercup is Madelyn's and Oreo is Wesley's. 

 The kids are loving the chicks. 

They ask to see them/play with them only about 30 times a day. 

And I am counting down the days (err...months) until I get some fresh eggs :)

Oh and since Aaron and I like to pretend we are farmers we built another square foot garden. 

The first one we made and planted a couple months ago is out of control.
Everything is huge and producing like crazy so we decided to try our luck again. 

I keep meaning to post some pictures of all of our veggies...one of these days. 

If any of you have any chicken tips I'd love to hear them :)