Backyard Chickens!

A fad flying through right now is keeping backyard chickens. They are fun, make you breakfast, fertilize your lawn and teach kids that food doesn't come prepackaged in the grocery store. We got our two chickens (Poppy and Daisy Mae) as 1-week-old chicks from our local feed store. We kept them in the garage until they were old enough to be outside. Now they have started laying eggs! Between the two of them we get one to two eggs per day right now. We enjoy their antics! They are fun to keep and a beneficial pet. Our dog Leela only steals food, she doesn't make any. Our chickens are good egg-laying hens. Daisy Mae is a Orpington and Poppy is a Wyandotte. They lay brown eggs. So far they have laid 10! Above are some pictures of the coop in progress. Below is the completed coop.