Chicken no more.

I know I JUST posted about our chickens but we had to get rid of them. We came home yesterday to 2 dead chickens and one seriously injured. I think there is more than one rooster in that group and he started to dominate.

We gave them to a very nice family very close to us and they have offered for us to go see them whenever we want.

Strange fact of the day- Michael Jackson and Billy Mayes were the chickens that were killed.

Chickens

I could have come up with a more clever title, however those of you that know me will be laughing hard enough at the following post.

Yes I have chickens. If you would have asked me 6 months ago if I would ever touch a chicken I would have laughed at you and walked away- thinking you were crazy.
I hate chickens, I hate birds or ANYTHING with a beak for that matter. I was attacked by geese at a very early age and I have been afraid of them ever since. This makes going to the park to feed the ducks a very stressful event for my family. We usually just skip it.

So- one of my not so nice brother in laws bought Jace chickens for his birthday. 2 of them to be exact. We were thinking of getting rid of them but the stupid things grew on me. Then one was murdered. We are not exactly sure what happened but we woke up to blood, feathers and a few bones on the front step. Being the sucker that I am I agreed to purchase a FEW more to keep Nugget company. We ended up with 10 more.

We have started to name the stupid things- which I hear is a bad idea if you ever plan to eat them- which is why we decided to name one Dinner. We figure that will prepare us if we ever eat one. We actually do not plan to eat them but do plan to eat the eggs when they start laying them (which will be in about 3 months).

Some of the names we have so far are....

Nugget
Dinner (apparently Sadie and Nylin thought this one looked good enough to eat)
Pumpkin (nice orange shade)
Michael Jackson (very nice black and white chicken)
Little Dude (for some reason this one is MUCH smaller than the rest)
Oreo (also a black and white one)
Misty- (nice shade of gray)

The rest of the names escape me at this time. I will update when Sadie fills me in. Oddly enough she has been handling the chickens every so often. I thought FOR SURE that she would scream and run the other way!