So, I think Facebook is spying on me. It seems like every time my husband and I say that we're looking for something, it comes up on the yard sale site and then Facebook makes it a highlighted post or something that shows up on my news feed. Yep, weird, right? It's like they can hear me.
Anyway, he mentioned that he wanted to do chickens. This is something that comes up every spring and every spring I have a reason not to do it - Oh, there's no fence, oh, we don't have a coop, we're doing a home addition, you don't have time, etc.
This year, I said oh, we're having a baby. Well, my due date matches up with the dates that the chicks come in, so he's like perfect, I'll be home for 2 weeks to take care of the baby chicks. So then I was like oh, we don't have a coop. BAM. A free one shows up on the yard sale site. It's in good condition, about the size he wanted and even has a little tray you pull out to clean it so it's easy. At this point I'm like, are you kidding me?!
The home addition is done and he built a fence last fall so there's an area for them. Great. Looks like we're adding to the madness and getting chickens.
I've never had backyard chickens, so I'm not sure what to expect. My husband says they eat ticks and bugs, lay eggs and are low-maintenance. I'm hoping he's right. At least we got the coop for free, so we're not going to put a huge amount of money into this adventure and if it doesn't work out we can just cut our losses and call it a day. Best case scenario, he's completely telling the truth and we'll have fresh eggs and no bugs. Hopefully he takes care of the chickens like he says he will!
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