Our new little ones

Eddie grew up on a farm and even though he says that when he was younger he swore when he was big he would pave all of his property so there was nothing to weed, the farm life still calls to him.  

Everywhere we have lived we have had some sort of mini-garden.  From our first apartment in Atlanta where everything was planted in pots on our tiny little patio, to making our raised garden beds in the house we owned, to our current little veggie patch here we have always been growing something.  It seems we have even begun passing this desire onto the little people as they are always wanting to help and digging in the dirt.  It is such a great feeling planting and tending to something and then getting to eat the fruits of your labor.  

Our little garden patch

Tilly's strawberries she planted and grew.

Apart from gardening and growing our our veggies, animals have always been a part of both of our lives.  We have Tess (the dog) and Oz (the cat), but have recently decided to add a few more members to our family.  

In case our lives aren't crazy enough we've decided to get chickens once again.  

We adopted 5 little ones, all different breeds.

We thought, even though it will be longer until we are able to get fresh eggs that, it would be fun for the kids to adopt week-old chicks and raise.  The reasoning was two-fold, the chicks could get use to being handled and the kids could see the huge change they go through.  

Tilly instantly took to the smallest and claimed it as her own

Nathan and Tilly have absolutely loved it.  Tilly helps clean up their box and they both hold and pet them almost daily.

Since we bought week old chicks it's still unknown whether they are male or female so we have explained to the kids that any boys have to go.  After we know they sex of them we are going to have a chicken naming party with cupcakes and chicken hats.

By the way Tilly has already named hers, the little white one, aka Pretty.  She's real original :)

To me, chickens should have old lady names.  Our last chickens were Beatrice and Millicent, "B" and "Millie" for short.

What would you name a chicken?   All names will go into the draw at the chicken naming party.